Problem with libx11.so.6: undefined symbol: xcb_wait_for_reply64

Question

I have a problem with a one-day-old arch system. I accidentally moved /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 out of /usr/lib and then put it back. But now, I cannot launch Android Studio because of this:

/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-jdk/bin/java: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libX11.so.6: undefined symbol: xcb_wait_for_reply64

I have tried:

• Reinstalling/recompiling libxcb and libX11
• Switching between Oracle's JDK and OpenJDK
• Reinstalled AS

Nothing works. Permissions and ownership look good to me as well:

me@laptop ~ % ls -ld /usr/lib/libX11*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      19 Oct  5 00:24 /usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so -> libX11-xcb.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      19 Oct  5 00:24 /usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1 -> libX11-xcb.so.1.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    5968 Oct  5 00:24 /usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      15 Oct  5 00:24 /usr/lib/libX11.so -> libX11.so.6.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      15 Oct  5 00:24 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 -> libX11.so.6.3.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1306096 Oct  5 00:24 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.3.0 

me@laptop ~ % ls -ld /usr/lib/libx*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       14 Oct  2 09:27 /usr/lib/libx264.so -> libx264.so.148
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  1027856 Oct  2 09:27 /usr/lib/libx264.so.148
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       13 Sep 29 09:09 /usr/lib/libx265.so -> libx265.so.95
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14953136 Sep 29 09:09 /usr/lib/libx265.so.95
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       21 Oct  7 04:01 /usr/lib/libxatracker.so -> libxatracker.so.2.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       21 Oct  7 04:01 /usr/lib/libxatracker.so.2 -> libxatracker.so.2.3.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  3305176 Oct  7 04:01 /usr/lib/libxatracker.so.2.3.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       25 May 22 13:44 /usr/lib/libxcb-composite.so -> libxcb-composite.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       25 May 22 13:44 /usr/lib/libxcb-composite.so.0 -> libxcb-composite.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    10336 May 22 13:44 /usr/lib/libxcb-composite.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       22 May 22 13:44 /usr/lib/libxcb-damage.so -> libxcb-damage.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       22 May 22 13:44 /usr/lib/libxcb-damage.so.0 -> libxcb-damage.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    10336 May 22 13:44 /usr/lib/libxcb-damage.so.0.0.0

I'm running

me@laptop ~ % uname -a
Linux laptop 4.7.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 30 19:28:42 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Any pointers on how to solve this? Thanks so much!

* EDIT *

The problem is not specific to java, since genymotion cannot be launched either:

me@laptop ~ % genymotion
genymotion: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libX11.so.6: undefined symbol: xcb_wait_for_reply64

* 2nd EDIT *

Followed @n.st advice:

me@laptop ~ % ldd $(which genymotion) | grep libX11                                                                 
    libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fc3520d5000)
    libX11-xcb.so.1 => /opt/genymotion/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007fc34e201000)
me@laptop ~ % sudo mv /opt/genymotion/libX11-xcb.so.1 .                                                             
[sudo] password for me: 
me@laptop ~ % genymotion
genymotion: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libX11.so.6: undefined symbol: xcb_wait_for_reply64
127 me@laptop ~ % ldd $(which genymotion) | grep libX11                                                               
    libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00007feb0712d000)
    libX11-xcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libX11-xcb.so.1 (0x00007feb03259000)
me@laptop ~ % ldd $(which genymotion) | grep libxcb
    libxcb-dri3.so.0 => /opt/genymotion/libxcb-dri3.so.0 (0x00007f5f354e1000)
    libxcb-present.so.0 => /opt/genymotion/libxcb-present.so.0 (0x00007f5f352de000)
    libxcb-sync.so.1 => /opt/genymotion/libxcb-sync.so.1 (0x00007f5f350d8000)
    libxcb.so.1 => /opt/genymotion/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f5f34270000)
    libxcb-glx.so.0 => /opt/genymotion/libxcb-glx.so.0 (0x00007f5f34059000)
    libxcb-dri2.so.0 => /opt/genymotion/libxcb-dri2.so.0 (0x00007f5f33e54000)

Solution

I had this problem with genymotion.
Just navigate to genymotion directory ( cd /opt/genymotion ) and do.

sudo mv libxcb.so.1 libxcb.so.1.back 

If this did'nt solve your problem do

sudo mv libxcb.so.1.back libxcb.so.1

Comments

[n.st]

Check if genymotion is using the correct library paths (there might be a library file in ., /usr/local/lib, …, that's shadowing the one in /usr/lib): ldd $(which genymotion)

[n.st]

What about libxcb*?

[n.st]

I'm mostly working with some Google-fu here, namely this and this. ;)

[Chisko]

Yes, I did see those yesterday, that's why I moved libX11-xcb.so.1 out of /opt/genymotion, but the problem still shows launching Android Studio :(

[n.st]

What command are you using to launch Android Studio?

[Chisko]

That's the unusual thing, because I'm able to launch it directly running ./studio.sh, the symlink in /usr/bin/android-studio points to it, but I don't know how and why this extra layer of stuff is going on

[n.st]

Let us continue this discussion in chat.

[Chisko]

already tried that. Did not work.

[Chisko]

this might be useful, unfortunately I cannot verify it because I ended up formatting. Thanks.