From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 2 19:49:23 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 BB46516A4CE; Sun, 2 May 2004 19:49:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.208.78.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8445E43D45; Sun, 2 May 2004 19:49:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i432nLSf071262; Sun, 2 May 2004 19:49:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost)i432nLk6071261; Sun, 2 May 2004 19:49:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 19:49:21 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Joshua Boyd Message-ID: <20040503024921.GA71218@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <27069625$1083545780409598b48f99f4.24297031@config22.schlund.de> <20040503013317.GA70955@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4095A795.8070108@adelphia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4095A795.8070108@adelphia.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: haig@sylac.de cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 02:49:23 -0000 On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 09:59:49PM -0400, Joshua Boyd wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > > >On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 03:02:01AM +0200, haig@sylac.de wrote: > > > >>as they were working nicely. > >>any ideas how I can get a shell ? > >>or another solution ? > >> > > > >If you have a /rescue directory (which you should), then > >boot into single user mode and specify /rescue/sh as your > >shell. Next, mount your filesystems with /rescue/mount > >and restore the missing libraries from your backup tapes. > > > Yes, I'm sure that he has backup tapes for his laptop. *rolls eyes* I > ha da problem similar to this where libraries were "missing" but instead > the librariers were there but the .so.randomnumber wasn't there. Go ahead roll your eyes. I back up the important files from my laptops via rsync to my main system. I could use amanda or rdump or other methods such as burning a CD or DVD. If you're going to remove shared libraries, one should have some sort of back up plan. -- Steve