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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!news From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: newbie ?'s Date: 2 Dec 1996 01:07:53 GMT Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. Lines: 48 Message-ID: <57ta59$f3d@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <32A20519.41C67EA6@best.com> Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.165.136 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 In article <32A20519.41C67EA6@best.com>, Burton Sampley <bsampley@best.com> writes: > > I installed FBSD 2.1.5 from the WC CDROM release (8/96). I installed > emacs and xemacs from the packages section to the install program > (/stand/sysinstall). When I attempt to run emacs I keep getting the > following error: > > bash$ emacs > ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libgcc.so.261.0" > bash$ It should be in /usr/lib. Did you install the GNU stuff? If not, you should. > When I attempt to run xemacs from an xterm window I get the following > error: > > bash$ xemacs > ld.so failed: Can't find shared library "libXm.so.2.0" > bash$ > > I tried a similar seach, but had the same luck. Any suggestions? This problem has been mentioned here before. A mistake was made when building xemacs, linking it dynamically to the Motif libs (which you don't have and can't get without paying for them). Download the latest version of the xemacs package, or rebuild it from the ports collection. > 2nd ?: > > I configured my ppp files following the directioens/suggestions in the > on-line handbook. The ppp.conf file didn't work, so I cp'ed the sample > and modified for my ISP. I'm able to connect and surf, however I've run > into a problem that I did not experience under Winbloze95; whenever the > connection is 'inactive' for a short period of time (ie; the time it > takes me to type this posting ) the connection drops and I have to > reconnect before I can send this. Add "set timeout 0" to the end of your ppp.conf. -- Conrad Sabatier | conrads@neosoft.com | Eschew obfuscation. http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads |