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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!news.belwue.de!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!cs.tu-berlin.de!informatik.uni-bremen.de!nordwest.pop.de!uniol!uni-erlangen.de!uni-regensburg.de!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de!juengst From: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: X11R6pl13 (XFree86 3.1.2) & NetBSD 1.1 Date: 8 Dec 1995 16:47:45 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Strahlen- und Kernphysik Lines: 49 Sender: juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Distribution: world Message-ID: <4a9q7i$l6@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <4a6t3d$fsq@tao.sans.vuw.ac.nz> Reply-To: juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de NNTP-Posting-Host: saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1595 comp.windows.x.i386unix:18705 In article <4a6t3d$fsq@tao.sans.vuw.ac.nz>, smrf@sans.vuw.ac.nz (Michael Robinson) writes: >I've been trying to compile the X11R6 distribution (version as in the >subject line) under NetBSD 1.1. It compiles, but after installation I >seem to have problems with the dynamic linked library code -- if I >have done: > > hubris# ldconfig /usr/X11R6/bin Try /usr/X11R6/lib or (what I would recommend) define the missing symbolic links (/usr/X11R6/lib/* -> /usr/lib etc.). BTW, problems like yours are the reason why there were symbolic links (like /Xanywhere/include/X11 -> /usr/include/X11, /Xanywhere/lib/libX11.a -> /usr/lib/libX11.a) available on some OS's years ago. Seems to be a nice game (hack) to add stuff like -I, -L etc. today. :-( > >and then do something like: > > hubris# ldd /usr/X11R6/bin/twm > >The result is something like: > > /usr/X11R6/bin/twm: > -lXmu.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6.0 (0x10038000) > -l<garbage... > ...garbage> => /usr/... > -lSM.6 => (and the rest is fine) > >Unsuprisingly, the program dumps core when I try to run it (as with >many others in the distribution). I *think* it might be something to >do with the -s option that is passed to install, but I'm not sure. >Help! I need this to work! > - Smrf. >-- >-- >`With a rubber duck, one's never alone' |Michael.Robinson@comp.vuw.ac.nz (pref) > # Douglas Adams |+64 4 4757904, smrf@sans.vuw.ac.nz > Henry -- juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.161.1] (internet) juengst@boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.161.41] saph1::juengst [13.259] (decnet) Any opinions in this mail are my own.