From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Apr 16 21:52:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA16675 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:52:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA16666 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 04:52:12 GMT (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA08936; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:52:01 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980417145158.63207@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:51:58 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Stumpie Cc: Bob Ashby , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running X References: <000b01bd699f$62af15c0$f9810ccf@default> <3536D992.450F@edu.gte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3536D992.450F@edu.gte.net>; from Stumpie on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 09:24:50PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 09:24:50PM -0700, Stumpie wrote: > Bob Ashby wrote: > > > > This is getting annoying. I have loaded FreeBSD 2.2.5 so far everything > > works well from root. I established a usr (me) when I log on as a user I > > can't run "startx" even when I cd /usr/X11R6/bin and ls the directory to > > make sure that the file is there and type "startx" I can not get it to > > start. Is there any help for me? > > I can relate to that. I've been loging in as root. I got into x config and ran > that program. When I entered startx from root, I got the following error message. > > ld.so failed can't find shared library "libxmu.so.6.0" > > Do I have to run startx from /usr/x11r6/bin? Do I have to login as a user other > than root? > > I told you I was green. ;-) Well don't worry about your colour :-) Take your questions over to freebsd-questions and 1) you'll get answers 2) other people greener than you will see the answers too 3) other smart people will check that the answers are the correct ones 4) we can carry on with our non-technical stuff in -newbies If you're in any doubt at all, read http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message