Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:12:18 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Siraj Shaikh <siraj.shaikh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with startx Message-ID: <47487792.2040801@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940711241048h11265799je6cdfa51c42acda3@mail.gmail.com> References: <3b2ddd940711241048h11265799je6cdfa51c42acda3@mail.gmail.com>
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Siraj Shaikh wrote: > I installed freebsd (6.2) from scratch. Download, updated the ports > tree. Upgraded all the ports. Installed Xorg (it was xorg-7.3). When I > typed in > > startx > > it worked fine. Then I proceeded to install gnome2-lite using > > pkg_add -r gnome2-lite > > That worked fine. Tried to start startx/gnome2 (after following the > instructions here: > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#full-gnome). I want gnome2 > to start when I type in startx. I have done this in the past, never > had trouble. But when I rebooted and typed in startx, I had a problem > about > > Shared object "libintl.so.6" not found, required by "gnome-session" > > and then went to UPDATING and performed > > portupgrade -r gettext > > Now, I try startx, it doesnt work at all. It gives me the same error > > Shared object "libintl.so.6" not found, required by "gnome-session" > > followed by > > waiting for X server to shutdown FreeFontPath: FPE > "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing > > Please help! All I want to do is to be able to run gnome2. > > Thanks > > Siraj Looks like you need to reinstall gettext. See: <http://wellrounded.wordpress.com/2007/04/01/freebsd-shared-object-libintlso6-not-found/>. -Garrett
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