https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37193#M8606 <P>didn't spot think about that one? haha</P> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:11:12 GMT MHibbin 2012-08-16T17:11:12Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37190#M8603 <P>Getting the following when I try to start splunkd:</P> <P>"/opt/splunk/bin/splunkd Error while loading shared libraries: lib.so.0.9.8: Cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"</P> <P>As far as I know nothing has been changed on the box since installation. I know the file exist at /opt/splunk/lib/lib.so.0.9.8. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.</P> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:46:25 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37190#M8603 wildbill4 2012-08-16T16:46:25Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37191#M8604 <P>different user from last start-up?<BR /> anything in the splunk log files ($SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk/)?<BR /> if it is a new installation tried re-downloading incase something got lost in transmission, or tried a different version as it's nix?</P> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:01:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37191#M8604 MHibbin 2012-08-16T17:01:52Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37192#M8605 <P>If you are trying to start splunk it should be like this /opt/splunk/bin/splunk start, and not the splunkd process. Just want to make sure you are starting it up properly. I've seen this before. Docs below.</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Installation/Startsplunkforthefirsttime">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Installation/Startsplunkforthefirsttime</A></P> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:07:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37192#M8605 sdaniels 2012-08-16T17:07:04Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37193#M8606 <P>didn't spot think about that one? haha</P> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:11:12 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37193#M8606 MHibbin 2012-08-16T17:11:12Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37194#M8607 <P>Same user used to start up. I don't see anything in the log files. Should I be looking at one specifically? Has been install for 4 or 5 months. Thanks for the help</P> Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:40:59 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37194#M8607 wildbill4 2012-08-16T17:40:59Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37195#M8608 <P>I started it with the /opt/splunk/bin/splunk start the first time. Then noticed that splunkd hadn't started and then did the /opt/splunk/bin/splunkd start.</P> Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:19:09 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Unable-to-start-Splunkd/m-p/37195#M8608 wildbill4 2012-08-17T09:19:09Z