ld.so: object ‘/usr/NX/lib/libnxegl.so’ from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preload

[kladizkov]

After uninstalling the NoMachine remote desktop software from my Linux system, I’ve started seeing the following error whenever I open a terminal or log in via SSH:

ERROR: ld.so: object ‘/usr/NX/lib/libnxegl.so’ from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.

There is no such file as /usr/NX/lib/libnxegl.so on the system anymore, which makes sense since NoMachine has been removed. However, it seems like something is still referencing it via the LD_PRELOAD environment variable.

I’ve checked the following places for leftover environment variable settings:

~/.bashrc

~/.bash_profile

~/.profile

/etc/environment

/etc/profile

/etc/profile.d/*

/etc/ld.so.preload

But I haven’t been able to locate where LD_PRELOAD is being set to include /usr/NX/lib/libnxegl.so.

Has anyone encountered this after removing NoMachine? Any ideas on where else to check or how to fully clean up this leftover configuration?

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Britgirl]

Hi, can you tell us the exact distribution and desktop environment on that Linux machine. What NoMachine version did you uninstall?

[kladizkov]

I’m using Kubuntu 24.04. The nomachine version that I uninstalled was 8.16.1.1

[Britgirl]

Are you connecting to a KDE or Gnome desktop on the Kubuntu host, something else?

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