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Date:      Sat, 2 May 1998 21:30:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stumpie <stumpie@edu.gte.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Trying to get up and running
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980502212918.21194b-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <354A624E.35CE@edu.gte.net>

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On Fri, 1 May 1998, Stumpie wrote:

> I am still having problems with startx.
> 
> My error message is <ld.so failed Can't find shared library 
> "libXmu.so.6.0"

It should be in /usr/X11R6/lib.  If it is then run `ldconfig -m
/usr/X11R6/lib' as root.

> I ran xconfig and it seemed to run normally.

xconfig doesn't exist.

> I have a file .XF86Config in root.

It should be /etc/XF86Config.  .XF86config does nothing.

> 1. When I login as root, I get a # prompt.  I can then rummage around in 
> the shell, using commands like ls -l and cd.
> 
> 2. When I login as a user, I get a $ prompt, and the ls command and the 
> cd command don't appear to work.  I am assuming that the user shell is 
> empty.

Your path is messed up.  Check ~/.profile or ~/.cshrc and update the PATH
as appropriate.

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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