From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 20 19:20:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA12486 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 May 1996 19:20:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA12439 for ; Mon, 20 May 1996 19:20:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA24268; Tue, 21 May 1996 12:03:19 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605210233.MAA24268@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Emacs pkg_add problem -- please help. To: ro11@crux4.cit.cornell.edu Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 12:03:18 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <9605202209.AA12398@crux4.cit.cornell.edu> from "ro11@crux4.cit.cornell.edu" at May 20, 96 06:09:28 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ro11@crux4.cit.cornell.edu stands accused of saying: > > produces an angry response from ld.so to the effect that some > library in /usr/X11R6/lib is not found. I downloaded the beta > XFree86 and ran ldconfig on /usr/X11R6/lib, but still have the > same problem. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated... I'm resisting the urge to swear at you. Consider yourself lucky 8) _WHICH_ library isn't found? How can we _possibly_ tell what the problem is from here? Are we supposed to be telepathic, or perhaps to track your machine down, hack into it and check for ourselves? Please. Apply just a skerrick of the old grey matter here. > Rohan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[