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Date:      Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:43:10 -0600
From:      "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@visi.com>
To:        "Jim Early" <earlyjp@cs.purdue.edu>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Netscape / aout woes :(
Message-ID:  <00ba01be5f43$3789fc30$236319ac@w142844.carlson.com>

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All I know about is to simply recompile and force the install (you will get
a prompt to set an environment variable to force the install).  I never use
the binaries, as they don't usually include the US sercurity extensions.  I
compile from source.  I am not aware of anyplace you can download the
libraries from.  On my PII-333, the XFree86 compile only take an hour,
actually less.

The only problems with compiling from source is the TCL thing required for
the setup stuff.  If you are worried about it, compile TCL and TK first.
You won't have a problem because you already have X installed.  Then
recompile the source and everything will be good.

Tom Veldhouse
veldy@visi.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Early <earlyjp@cs.purdue.edu>
To: Thomas T. Veldhouse <veldy@visi.com>
Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: Netscape / aout woes :(


>Tom,
>  Thanks for your reply. However, I installed XFree86 as binaries using
>the instructions found at:
>
>  http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.3.1/RELNOTES11.html
>
>Basically, this was just an extraction of some tar balls. I don't recall
>any mention during the installation of aout libraries. Is there a way to
>provide compatibility once the binaries are in place?
>
>Is it recommended that I reinstall xfree86 from source? I read some recent
>postings to freebsd-questions that indicate there are problems there, too.
>
>Thanks again,
>Jim
>
>On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>
>> First, make sure you compile X with the option to create a.out libraries.
>> Next, reboot :-(.  For some reason, ldconfig does not find the new X
a.out
>> libraries unless you reboot.  You could try explicitly including
>> /usr/X11R6/lib/aout with ldconfig yourself too.  After that, Netscape and
>> the JDK should work great.
>>
>> Tom Veldhouse
>> veldy@visi.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Early <earlyjp@cs.purdue.edu>
>> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
>> Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 7:41 AM
>> Subject: Netscape / aout woes :(
>>
>>
>> >Greetings,
>> >  Last week, I turned up a new machine with 2.2.5 (developer
distribution
>> >- no X11), then immediately upgraded to 3.1-STABLE (used 'make
upgrade').
>> >I next installed XFree86 3.3.3.1. This version of XFree86 is elf. The
>> >outcome is that I have a happy, stable, system with elf binaries.
>> >
>> >  I've brought over a few ports and packages, and most have gone in
>> >without a hitch. The problem I'm having is with Netscape 4.5. I think my
>> >aout configurations are not set up correctly in /etc/rc.conf or ldconfig
>> >(or both). I have been following this same saga that some others have
>> >reported, but their solutions don't seem to work for me. I (and perhaps
>> >some others) would really appreciate it if someone could post the proper
>> >/etc/rc.conf and ldconfig commands for an elf machine with aout
>> >compatibility. BTW, I want to try the JDK next, but I want to get this
>> >working first.
>> >
>> >  Below is the error I'm getting from ld.so and my current
configuration.
>> >
>> ># /usr/local/netscape/netscape
>> >/usr/libexec/ld.so: Undefined symbol "___error" called from
>> >netscape:/usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libX11.so.6.1 at 0x20c4161c
>> >
>> ># ldconfig -aout -r
>> >/var/run/ld.so.hints:
>> > search directories: /usr/lib/aout:/usr/X11R6/lib/aout
>> > 0:-lX11.6.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libX11.so.6.1
>> > 1:-lICE.6.3 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libICE.so.6.3
>> > 2:-lSM.6.0 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libSM.so.6.0
>> > 3:-lXext.6.3 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libXext.so.6.3
>> > 4:-lXt.6.0 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libXt.so.6.0
>> > 5:-lc.3.0 => /usr/lib/aout/libc.so.3.0
>> > 6:-loldX.6.0 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/liboldX.so.6.0
>> > 7:-lXmu.6.0 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libXmu.so.6.0
>> > 8:-lalias.2.4 => /usr/lib/aout/libalias.so.2.4
>> > 9:-lXIE.6.0 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libXIE.so.6.0
>> > 10:-lXi.6.0 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libXi.so.6.0
>> > 11:-lXtst.6.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libXtst.so.6.1
>> > 12:-lXaw.6.1 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libXaw.so.6.1
>> > 13:-lPEX5.6.0 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libPEX5.so.6.0
>> > 14:-lacl.2.0 => /usr/lib/aout/libacl.so.2.0
>> > 15:-lXp.6.2 => /usr/X11R6/lib/aout/libXp.so.6.2
>> >
>> ># ldconfig -elf -r
>> >/var/run/ld-elf.so.hints:
>> > search directories: /usr/X11R6/lib
>> > 0:-lICE.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6
>> > 1:-lPEX5.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libPEX5.so.6
>> > 2:-lSM.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6
>> > 3:-lX11.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6
>> > 4:-lXIE.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXIE.so.6
>> > 5:-lXaw.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6
>> > 6:-lXext.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6
>> > 7:-lXi.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXi.so.6
>> > 8:-lXmu.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6
>> > 9:-lXp.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so.6
>> > 10:-lXt.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6
>> > 11:-lXtst.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXtst.so.6
>> > 12:-loldX.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/liboldX.so.6
>> > 13:-lXpm.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4
>> ># cat /etc/rc.conf
>> >
>> >...
>> >
>> >##############################################################
>> >###  Miscellaneous administrative options  ###################
>> >##############################################################
>> >
>> >ibcs2_enable="NO" # Ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
>> >linux_enable="NO" # Linux emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
>> >rand_irqs="NO" # Stir the entropy pool (eg: "5 11" or NO).
>> >
>> ># aout compatibility libraries
>> >ldconfig_paths_aout="/usr/lib/compat /usr/X11R6/lib/aout /usr/lib/aout
>> >/usr/local/lib/aout"
>> >
>> ># elf library paths
>> >ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/X11R6/lib"
>> >
>> >...
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>> >Jim
>> >
>> >
>> >
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