I am guessing that you have a preferences file in ~/.pdsettings that doesn't load 'libdir' first. Are those libraries in /usr/local/lib/pd/extra?
So I could change the first lib to: loadlib1: libdir
but am I correct in suspecting that would render pd-0.39 disfunctional? I don't presume the problem with opening the audio is linked to this problem which is why I'm keen to have the earlier PD functioning untill I manage to fix that.
thanks Oded