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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:01:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "Charles A. Peters" <charles@chickenbean.com>
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Subject: Re: Setting up X.
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On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Charles A. Peters wrote:

> I am currently running 2.2.6-Release, and I am trying to configure X.
> 
> When I go into /stand/sysinstall, and attempt to 'Configure Xfree86', and
> then choose XF98Setup, or XF86Setup, or xf86config, the system returns the
> following message:
> 
> You have configures and been running the mouse daemon. Choose
> "/dev/sysmouse" as the mouse port and "SysMouse" or "MouseSystems" as the
> mouse protocol in the X configuration utility.
> 
> Then the system returns immediately to the "FreeBSD Configuration Menu"
> without configuring X.
> 
> If I go to the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 directory, and run XF86Setup, I get the
> following error message:
> 
> 	Ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libXaw.so.6.1"

You forgot to install the X libraries.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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