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Date:      Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:28:27 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Stumpie <stumpie@edu.gte.net>
Cc:        Bob Ashby <bashby@seanet.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Running X
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980417141447.23903d-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <3536D992.450F@edu.gte.net>

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On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Stumpie wrote:

> Bob Ashby wrote:
> > 
> > This is getting annoying.  I have loaded FreeBSD 2.2.5 so far everything
> > works well from root.  I established a usr (me) when I log on as a user I
> > can't run "startx" even when I cd /usr/X11R6/bin and ls the directory to
> > make sure that the file is there and type "startx" I can not get it to
> > start.  Is there any help for me?

/usr/X11R6/bin probably isn't in your path.  Try cd'ing to /usr/X11R6/bin
and typing:  
% ./startx 
If that fails, you may have a problem with the permissions on startx, or
X, or some other files. 


> I can relate to that.  I've been loging in as root.  I got into x config and ran 
> that program.  When I entered startx from root, I got the following error message.
> 
> ld.so failed  can't find shared library "libxmu.so.6.0"
> 
> Do I have to run startx from /usr/x11r6/bin?  Do I have to login as a user other 
> than root?
Try running these two commands:
% ldconfig -m /usr/X11R6/lib    (this adds /usr/X11R6/lib to the lib path)
% ldconfig -R     (this scans through the lib path for libraries)
The second command is needed because you need to rescan after you add a
new directory. 

> 
> I told you I was green. ;-)
He...  You don't even WANT to go into some of the green (and often very
black ;) things I did back when I started running FreeBSD.  I'm not all
that 'un-newbie' nowadays, but don't tell my boss ;). 

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul
> 


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