Microsoft KB Archive/161377

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PRB: Error Message - Fatal Error: cannot map soname 'libvl.so.
Last reviewed: December 23, 1996

Article ID: Q161377

The information in this article applies to:


 * Softimage 3D for IRIX, versions 3.5, 3.51

SYMPTOMS
If the following error message appears when you run SOFTIMAGE 3D in the created sub-directory:

533:/usr/softimage/3D/bin/soft: rld: Fatal Error: cannot map soname

'libvl.so.1' using any of the filenames/usr/softimage/3D/dso/libvl.so.1:/usr/lib/libvl.so.1:/lib/libvl.so .1:/lib/cmplrs/cc/libvl.so.1:/usr/lib/cmplrs/cc/libvl.so.1:/usr/softimage/3 D/dso/libvl.so.1.1:/usr/lib/libvl.so.1.1:/lib/libvl.so.1.1:/lib/cmplrs/cc/l ibvl.so.1.1:/usr/lib/cmplrs/cc/libvl.so.1.1

either the file does not exist or the file can not be mapped (with reasons indicated in the error message).

CAUSE
This problem occurs when the IRIX install is incomplete. The files are missing from /usr/lib, where 'libvl.so.1' is the important file.

RESOLUTION
You can copy the missing files from another machine with the same OS version, or extract them from the IRIX install CDROM.

STATUS
This behavior is by design.