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From: Willy <william.leeson@cs.tcd.ie>
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To: "Kave p.Ram" <hotkaveh@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: windowmaker problem
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"Kave p.Ram" wrote:

> FreeBSD 3.1 Release : ports->x11-wm->windowmaker problem.
>
> Hello !
>
> I fail when I try to run windowmaker window manager.
> I've installed it from Ports/Packages CD of FreeBSD 3.1 Release
> by running /stand/sysinstall as root -> post install packages.
>
> The /stand/sysinstall program reports succesfull installation.
> but it leaves me with a broken symbolic link to libwraster.so.1 .
>
> this is what I get when I try `wmakerī as default window manager
> in .xinitrc :
>
> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libwraster.so.1" not found .
>
> bash $ locate libwraster
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libwraster.a
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libwraster.la
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libwraster.so
>
> bash $ file /usr/X11R6/lib/libwraster*
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libwraster.a:  current ar archive
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libwraster.la: English text
> /usr/X11R6/lib/libwraster.so: broken symbolic link to libwraster.so.1
>
> I think it means I have static library but no dynamic library of libwraster?
> when I read the FAQ of wmaker , this is what I see as fix in case
> wmaker is unable to locate libwraster.so.1 :
> ldconfig -m /usr/local/lib
>
> but this doesn't solve the lack of dynamic library problem , I guess
> it just tells wmaker where libwraster.so.1 is located.
>
> do I have to compile-build the windowmaker ?
> (I did install all the packages belong to windowmaker package -
> from /stand/sysinstall)
>
> thanx for any suggestion :-)
> /kave
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Did you run the wmaker.inst shell script? If not you need to run it for each
account you want to run WindowMaker from. If that fails you could always
download the WindowMaker source from www.wmaker.org. It's easy to install if
you real the readme and install files. It worked fine for me.

Willy



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