Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 02:40:55 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Rob Hurle <rob@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, questions@freebsd.org, "Wills, Ken" <kwills@gflesch.com> Subject: Re: Netscape 4.61 (Linux) broken since adding linux_base-5.2 Message-ID: <19991012024055.C317@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9910121038420.9889-100000@caligula.anu.edu.au> References: <19991011232409.B3243@marder-1> <Pine.GSO.4.05.9910121038420.9889-100000@caligula.anu.edu.au>
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On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 10:59:39AM +1000, Rob Hurle wrote: > Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > Arrgh! I've just had a bad thought. Did I really need to install > > linux_base at all? My system was originally built clean (i.e. not > >... > > Did I need to install linux_base to make Star Office work? I only > > installed it because I was following the instructions at > > http://www.serv.net/~mcglk/staroffice-install.html that someone > > posted. > > > > Is linux_base only meant for systems which don't already have Linux > > support installed and therefore I've just trashed a perfectly good > > working system? After, Star Office is just another Linux program. > > No, I installed linux_base on a 3.3-RELEASE system which was upgraded from > 2.2.8. I needed to put directory names into /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.conf > and run /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig (which appears to simply update the > file /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache) when installing StarOffice. Packages > such as StarOffice now seem to come with their own lib directories in > their own tree. Maybe the vanilla Linux install puts the directories into > the ld.so.conf file and runs ldconfig? Anyway, I did this for StarOffice. > Is is it possible that the version of Netscape that you are using has the > same scheme - that is, its own lib directory which must be installed in > this way? > I've just tried adding /usr/lib (all the other appropriate directories are already there) to /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.conf and running /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig. Netscape and WP both still seg fault. > Rob Hurle > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Rob Hurle rob@coombs.anu.edu.au > Connect-A Tel: +61 2 6247 2397 > PO Box 13 Fax: +61 2 6248 8905 > Ainslie ACT 2602 Mobile: 0417 293 603 > Australia > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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