From owner-freebsd-questions  Thu Jun 13 22:50:27 2002
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from fed1mtao02.cox.net (fed1mtao02.cox.net [68.6.19.243])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84BC437B405
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:50:23 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from ip24_56_31_67.ph.cox.net ([24.56.31.67])
          by fed1mtao02.cox.net
          (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP
          id <20020614055022.GHWP24965.fed1mtao02.cox.net@ip24_56_31_67.ph.cox.net>;
          Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:50:22 -0400
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="iso-8859-1"
From: Brett Rogers <loki_bsd@cox.net>
Reply-To: loki_bsd@cox.net
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: i am having trouble using aim
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 22:50:21 -0700
X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4]
References: <20020613212940.GSRC13408.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@there> <200206131458.43085.loki_bsd@cox.net> <20020613225414.IXUH13408.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@there>
In-Reply-To: <20020613225414.IXUH13408.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@there>
Cc: AZNPrideChinese@worldnet.att.net
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Message-Id: <200206132250.21666.loki_bsd@cox.net>
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
List-ID: <freebsd-questions.FreeBSD.ORG>
List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive)
List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions)
List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-questions>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-questions>
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

On Thursday 13 June 2002 03:54 am, you wrote:
> On Thursday 13 June 2002 05:58 pm, you wrote:
> > On Thursday 13 June 2002 02:29 am, AZNPrideChinese wrote:
> > > they say i need to enable linux compatibility, how do i do that?
> > > plus they say the files inux files libgdk-1.2.so.0 and libgtk-1.2.s=
o.0
> > > must be placed in the /compat/linux/lib directory, where do i find
> > > those two files?
> >
> > =09Try running /stand/sysinstall, goto configure, and startup.  There
> > should be a linux compatibility option.  If I'm not mistaken, this
> > downloads and installs whatever packages are necessary automatically.=
=20
> > The only problem Ive found doing this is that release name in options
> > must be modified beforehand. I was using 4.6-RC4 in this field on the
> > master FTP server, but now it doesnt seem to accept that.  If you cha=
nge
> > the field to 4.6-RELEASE, it works on the master site, but for any
> > mirrors, you may have to play around to find what field it will accep=
t.=20
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > -Brett
> >
> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
>
> thanks for the response, fyi i am very new to unix, and i just figured =
out
> how to get online with freebsd, i'm a windows user but i decided to cha=
nge,
> anyway back to the point. i ran /stand/sysinstall and the only thing co=
ming
> close to looking like enabling linux compatibility is this host wants t=
o be
> able to run linux binaries. which is already checked. and i'm not reall=
y
> sure i get what you said about the release names and all

For the two files its asking for, try:
=09cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/linux-gtk
=09make install
then run aim again


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message