Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 19:42:14 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: shellis@fda.net Cc: FreeBSD-Stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A little Linux compatability exercise Message-ID: <375720E6.29016D1C@math.missouri.edu> References: <3756DD41.4B2A3FD6@fda.net>
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I had problems like this also. It went away when I upgraded to a later version of STABLE. s wrote: > > To: > FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Dear Folks, > > Several weeks ago I tried to install a package called > xinvest-2.5.1.tgz. What occurred was quite interesting, and the > resulting frustrations have only been out-matched by the interesting > learning experience. The reason I am interested in this little project > (it has now turned into a project) is that it gives me valuable > experience in adding Linux type packages. This will probably become > more important to FreeBSD users as the library of Linux applications > expands. > > I am using release 3.1 on 3 different systems; one is a Pentium 200, one > is an AMD 233, and the third is a 486 DX 66. The first two systems have > 64 MB of RAM and the third system has 48 MB of RAM. All three systems > have at least seven gigabytes of disk. > > I believe that the last appearance of the xinvest package is in the > packages for release 2.2.8. I downloaded the package, and used the > package add function. It installed smoothly on all three systems. I > have also installed linux_lib-2.6, and later linux_lib-2.6.1. I also > re-compiled my kernel with "option Linux." Then the fun began. > > 1.) On the first system, when I typed in "Xinvest", I received the > following diagnostic: > > ld-elf.so.1 failed: shared object "libXm.so.1" not found. > > I checked my directories to make sure that this was present in both > /usr/X11R6/lib and /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib, which was the case. > > 2.) On the second system, when I typed in "Xinvest", I received the > following diagnostic: > > ld.so failed: can't find shared library "libXpm.so.4.11" > > I checked my directories to make sure that this was present in both > /usr/X11R6/lib and /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib, which was the case, > as was the situation with the 486 DX 66. > > 3.) On the third system, I received the following diagnostic: > > ld.so failed: can't find shared library "libXpm.so.4" > > But the following exist... > > /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.11 and > usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.11 > > I made sure that the proper link was made between > libXpm.so.4.11 and libXpm.so.4 in both cases, as pointed out in the > handbook, section 23.1. > In all three cases, I made sure that xpm-4.3k was present. The same for > lessiif. In all cases, I made sure that the FreeBSD version of > libXm.so.1 was present in /usr/X11R6 and that the Linux version was > present in /usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib, as prescribed in the > handbook, section 23.1. > > The second system got even more interesting. I re-generated xpm-4.3k > and xinvest came up perfectly. If you left X-Windows, and re-entered, > Xinvest still came up. However, if you re-booted, you were back with > the original diagnostic error. You could, however, re-generate xpm-4.3k, > and xinvest would come up and run perfectly again. This did not happen > on either of the other systems. Finally, what intrigues me the most is > that one of the fellows in the office that I introduced to FreeBSD > downloaded and ran xinvest using release 2.2.8 without a hitch. As far > as I know, he had the same libraries I have. I tried a last experiment. > I read the document "PATH HOWTO" in my quest on the Web for some > knowledge. I wrote a little script as follows: > > csh > setenv PATH /sbin:/bin:/usr/libexec:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin: > /usr/X11R6/lib:/sbin:/usr/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib > Xinvest > > What happened here was also interesting; no warning errors would come up > as before, but neither would the program. > > I also changed /root/.profile and /.profile to include the directories > mentioned. Still, no positive results. > > A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and I am dangerous. If at all > possible, please tell me what I am doing wrong. Please also, if > possible, please advise me what reading I can pick up so that I can > learn more on this subject. > > Thanks for any help you can supply and for a great OS. > Steve Ellis > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu 307 Math Science Building stephen@showme.missouri.edu Department of Mathematics stephen@missouri.edu University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 USA Phone (573) 882 4540 Fax (573) 882 1869 http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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