Index: trunk/src/hid_init.c
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--- trunk/src/hid_init.c	(revision 5853)
+++ trunk/src/hid_init.c	(revision 5854)
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@
 	hid_load_dir(pcb_concat(conf_core.rc.path.exec_prefix, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "lib",
 											PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "pcb-rnd", PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "plugins", NULL));
 
+	/* hardwired libdir, just in case exec-prefix goes wrong (e.g. linstall) */
+	hid_load_dir(pcb_concat(PCBLIBDIR, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "plugins", PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, HOST, NULL));
+	hid_load_dir(pcb_concat(PCBLIBDIR, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "plugins", NULL));
+
 	/* conf_core.rc.path.home is set by the conf_core immediately on startup */
 	if (conf_core.rc.path.home != NULL) {
 		hid_load_dir(pcb_concat(conf_core.rc.path.home, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, DOT_PCB_RND, PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, "plugins", PCB_DIR_SEPARATOR_S, HOST, NULL));