From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 24 19:12:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA38216A469 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:12:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BFC013C459 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:12:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lAOJCJxv022126 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:12:20 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from dzihan.cs.washington.edu (dzihan.cs.washington.edu [128.208.4.96]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.09) with ESMTP id lAOJCIiw008476 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:12:19 -0800 Message-ID: <47487792.2040801@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:12:18 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071003) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Siraj Shaikh References: <3b2ddd940711241048h11265799je6cdfa51c42acda3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3b2ddd940711241048h11265799je6cdfa51c42acda3@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.313940, Antispam-Data: 2007.11.24.105425 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with startx X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:12:20 -0000 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: . -Garrett