From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 30 14:12:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA26395 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 14:12:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from castor.chuck (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA26386 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 14:12:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by castor.chuck (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA17377; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:12:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199809302112.RAA17377@castor.chuck> Subject: Re: x software can't find x libraries In-Reply-To: <199809281839.OAA04729@host.phc.igs.net> from Robert Garrett at "Sep 28, 98 02:35:31 pm" To: eagle@phc.igs.net Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:12:11 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: "Woodchuck" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Robert Garrett wrote: > is there a configuration file that you have to set paths besides > .login? > I think you're actually asking why some X application pukes, complaining about some shared library like libXaw.so.6 right? If so, adding the path to the X libraries (/usr/X11R6/lib, usually) in /etc/rc.conf will help after the next reboot: Find this line: ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib" # shared library search paths Dave -- Will hack for cabbages! Every day is Groundhog Day! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message