From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 2 18:04:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBB7A16A4CE; Sun, 2 May 2004 18:04:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7305743D45; Sun, 2 May 2004 18:04:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from haig@sylac.de) Received: from [212.227.126.203] (helo=mrvnet.kundenserver.de) by moutng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BKRsH-0006ML-00; Mon, 03 May 2004 03:04:01 +0200 Received: from [172.23.4.149] (helo=config22.kundenserver.de) by mrvnet.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1BKRsH-0008I2-00; Mon, 03 May 2004 03:04:01 +0200 Received: from www-data by config22.kundenserver.de with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BKRsH-0002oj-00; Mon, 03 May 2004 03:04:01 +0200 To: From: Message-Id: <27069625$1083545780409598b48f99f4.24297031@config22.schlund.de> X-Binford: 6100 (more power) X-Originating-From: 27069625 X-Mailer: Webmail X-Routing: DE X-Received: from config22 by 200.106.37.87 with HTTP id 27069625 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 3 May 2004 03:02:01 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 03:02:01 +0200 X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de ident:@172.23.4.149 cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: missing libncurses.so.5 and other lib* X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 01:04:02 -0000 hi, not a freebsd bug, rather a blackout in my head. therefore not clear where the appropriate mailing list is. done a portupgrade via cvsup. fine. used portsclean with the -iL ( or -iD) switch, to clean out unused shared libraries. and now I blew it up: with the message: /usr/lib/libcurses.so.5 is shadowed by .... etc. and other messages, all concerning lib** . I deleted them all. now I remember installing compat-4-* a short time before as /ports/graphics/xnview was complaining about a stale dependancy. the "shadowed " files were the compat-4-* ones. now , with the familiar boot, after the message: Mounting root from ads02 the machine wants to drop into single user mode, but it doesnt find any shells, instead there is the message: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: shared object "libncurses.so.5" not found. I suspect, if this one was found, there were other complaints about the other lib* files I deleted. only the loader prompt is working, but leads in the end to the same message. tried the emergency shell from a 5.1 disk, but I am uncertain what to do and do not want to screw up the data completely. the idea is: make world again with the last sources ( current, last update 20. or 21 april), as they were working nicely. any ideas how I can get a shell ? or another solution ? no need to tell me about banging my head into all available walls. :( the machine is a notebook without floppy drive. thanks hans