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Date:      Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:44:41 -0400
From:      John <papalia@UDel.Edu>
To:        "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 3.2-Stable/Netscape woes
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990915094328.0097be60@unix01.voicenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <004501befa5e$f815ca40$0100a8c0@veldy.org>
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.05.9909072207140.3384-100000@copland.udel.edu> <4.1.19990908185611.00941a40@unix01.voicenet.com>

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Just thought I'd post the results on the below problem for record...

Ends up that both the compat22 definition was off, and I had to remake X
with the a.out binaries.  At first though, this did not lead to netscape
working.  When all else fails, reboot.  It worked like a charm after that.

Thanks to all those who helped!!!
--John

>You also needed to have compat22 defined in /etc/make.conf when you made the
>world.  However, you can go get the binaries for installation off of
>ftp://current.freebsd.org  And then run install.sh.
>
>Tom Veldhouse
>veldy@visi.com
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: John <papalia@UDel.Edu>
>To: Thomas T. Veldhouse <veldy@visi.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 6:08 PM
>Subject: Re: 3.2-Stable/Netscape woes
>
>
>> So, i got two suggestions.  The one below, and "make sure that you have
>> compat22 installed".  So, I did what any normally insane person would do,
>> and I remade X from the port after a last-minute CVSup to make sure all
>was
>> sound (made 3.3.5).  While making X, there was a prompt saying "do you
>want
>> aout libraries installed", to which I typed in "yes".  I was not sure how
>> to verify that compat22 was installed (since it doesn't show up in
>> pkg_info).  Intuitively I figured that since compat22 shows up under the
>> /usr/src tree, and I "make buildworld" from there, it should install,
>> right?  Just to make sure I went into /usr/src/lib and did a "make all
>> install".
>>
>> I then had to manually grab netscape4.6 per the make instructions, and the
>> make depend and make went flawlessly.  Upon a make install, however, I get
>> the message "Netscape requires shared library X11.6 - found" Followed by
>> "There are no X aout libraries on this machine".
>>
>> Any more suggestions, folks?
>>
>> Thanks again!!!
>> --John
>>
>> >Assuming you are using the FreeBSD port and not the Linux port - then the
>> >linux compatibility libraries are of no use here.  You need to recompile
>X
>> >and choose the option to create the a.out compatibility libraries.
>FreeBSD
>> >Netscape is still a.out, so you need the a.out X libs.
>> >
>> >Tom Veldhouse
>> >veldy@visi.com
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: John M. Papalia <papalia@UDel.Edu>
>> >To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
>> >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 9:12 PM
>> >Subject: 3.2-Stable/Netscape woes
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hey all...
>> >>
>> >> I've been trying to solve a series of problems for the past month, and
>> >> well, quite frankly, I need help =) Just thought I'd hit ya with them
>one
>> >> at a time...  I searched the mail archives, and found no direct answer
>> >> with solution to this question:
>> >>
>> >> Upgraded from 2.2.6 to 2.2.8 no problems.  Went from 2.2.8 to 3.2 no
>> >> problem.  *Almost* everything works great.  Installed netscape
>> >> communicator 4.5-us from the ports no problem.  When I try to run, I
>get
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> merlin# netscape &
>> >> merlin# ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libXt.so.6.0"
>> >> [1]    Exit 1                        netscape
>> >>
>> >> Following several hints I found, I tried to make sure everything was
>> >> installed.  From pkg_info, I verify the following are installed:
>> >>
>> >> libsx-1.1           Simple X Windows library
>> >> libtool-1.3         Generic shared library support script
>> >> linux_base-5.2      The base set of packages needed in Linux mode
>> >>
>> >> Also, using locate, I verify the following:
>> >>
>> >> /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6.0
>> >> /usr/compat/linux/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libXt.so.6.0
>> >> /usr/compat/linux/usr/i486-linuxaout/lib/libXt.so.6.0
>> >>
>> >> a simple modification of my path does not help.
>> >>
>> >> Any thoughts?  I tried reading up on ldconfig, but got lost.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!!!
>> >> --John
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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