* Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060228 20:34]: > I haven't seen any section of FAQ devoted to setting up X. Is it > supposed to just work after installing the base tgz files? > > Or maybe I'm just blindly overlooking the section? > > The part about building X doesn't have anything to say about setting > it up. Is it covered somewhere else? > > I'm guessing its just supposed to work. I didn't install the > Xpackages at first bu have now gone back and go them from latest > snapshots. > > xbase39.tgz xetc39.tgz xfont39.tgz xserv39.tgz xshare39.tgz > > Untarred them in root as directed. > > Probably some config is required but I see no help about that. > > Running `startx' gets a number of library errors. > xauth: can't load library 'libXau.so.9.0' > /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: can't load library 'libXext.so.9.0' > /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: can't load library 'libXmuu.so.4.0' > /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: can't load library 'libX11.so.9.0' > /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: can't load library 'libXext.so.9.0' >
man ldconfig I suspect your library cache is not up to date. Try using ldconfig -r and seeing if they are listed. If not, you likely have to get them in there. Jim
