Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-05 Thread John Lord
Hi Michael , On 05-Nov-01, you wrote: /bin/startx: /bin/xauth: cannot execute binary file /bin/startx: /bin/xinit: " " " >> >>> Please run file and ldd on these files. >> >> >> ldd -d -r -v /usr/bin/X11/startx >> not a dynamic executable > And what does 'file' say

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-05 Thread John Lord
EthanEthan Benson On 05-Nov-01, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 09:58:48PM +0100, John Lord wrote: >> Hi Michael >> >> , On 04-Nov-01, you wrote: >> /bin/startx: /bin/xauth: cannot execute binary file /bin/startx: /bin/xinit: " " " >> >>> Please run file a

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-05 Thread John Lord
Hi Michael , On 05-Nov-01, you wrote: >> > Any idea how the X Window System (probably XFree86) was installed on your >> > system? Did it just come with Debian that way? >> >> The original was a v3.9* from the Debian 2.2r2 PPC non-US cd set. but I >> installed XFreeV4.02 from a set of tgz binari

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-05 Thread John Lord
Hi jtv , On 04-Nov-01, you wrote: >> The one in /bin was an old one, so I showed it the door. So it is now using >> /usr/bin/X11/startx, but still get the same errors. > > Without even changing /bin/xauth to /usr/bin/X11/xauth etc? In that case > it would seem that something in your X config st

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-05 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Any idea how the X Window System (probably XFree86) was installed on your > > system? Did it just come with Debian that way? > > The original was a v3.9* from the Debian 2.2r2 PPC non-US cd set. but I > installed XFreeV4.02 from a set of tgz binaries. I bet you installed ix86 binaries off xfr

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-05 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 09:58:48PM +0100, John Lord wrote: > Hi Michael > > , On 04-Nov-01, you wrote: > > >> /bin/startx: /bin/xauth: cannot execute binary file > >> /bin/startx: /bin/xinit: " " " > > > Please run file and ldd on these files. > > > ldd -d -r -v /usr/bin/X11/sta

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-05 Thread Michael Schmitz
> >> /bin/startx: /bin/xauth: cannot execute binary file > >> /bin/startx: /bin/xinit: " " " > > > Please run file and ldd on these files. > > > ldd -d -r -v /usr/bin/X11/startx > not a dynamic executable And what does 'file' say? Where did these binaries come from, anyway?

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-04 Thread John Lord
Hi jtv , On 04-Nov-01, you wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 02:13:20PM +0100, John Lord wrote: >> >> /bin/startx: /bin/xauth: cannot execute binary file >> /bin/startx: /bin/xinit: " " " > /bin/startx? That's an odd place for it... I suspect that ought to be > /usr/bin/X11/start

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-04 Thread John Lord
Hi Chris , On 04-Nov-01, you wrote: >> Can someone let me know what the following errors mean, and how to fix them >> please? >> /bin/startx: /bin/xauth: cannot execute binary file >> /bin/startx: /bin/xinit: " " " > You would probably get more help on this over in debian-user.

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-04 Thread John Lord
Hi Michael , On 04-Nov-01, you wrote: >> /bin/startx: /bin/xauth: cannot execute binary file >> /bin/startx: /bin/xinit: " " " > Please run file and ldd on these files. ldd -d -r -v /usr/bin/X11/startx not a dynamic executable Regards -- John Success is like a fart - on

Re: ldconfig error

2001-11-04 Thread Michael Schmitz
> /bin/startx: /bin/xauth: cannot execute binary file > /bin/startx: /bin/xinit: " " " Please run file and ldd on these files. Michael

ldconfig error

2001-11-04 Thread John Lord
Hello, Can someone let me know what the following errors mean, and how to fix them please? /bin/startx: /bin/xauth: cannot execute binary file /bin/startx: /bin/xinit: " " " I have updated some files over the net and can't quite work out what has happened. I am a relative newbie t