Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 19:40:32 -0800 From: Brian Nelson <brian@pocketscience.com> To: Cliff Rowley <dozprompt@onsea.com> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: is BSD slower? Message-ID: <38D99230.289695C3@pocketscience.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003222138210.1365-100000@merlin.onsea.com>
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Cliff Rowley wrote: > > I dont know the ins and outs of either the hardware, or the programs > you've mentioned, but I can clear a couple of things up ;) > > > I'm trying to explain to a pal who tried BSD recently why this might > > be. He also had problems with running netscape w/o a.out X binaries > > (probably because he didn't use the port, right?) > > afaik Netscape is aout anyway, so you need the libraries. > > > And he also said he > > had to reboot to use newly installed libraries, that ldconfig did not > > work. He's an advanced Unix/Linux user, so i don't know what i could > > do to help him > > If he doesnt know how to use ldconfig, he cant be that advanced. The > problem was most likely that the either the aout directories were not in > his ldconfig path, or that he failed to specifiy aout when using > ldconfig. i.e. ldconfig -aout -R, perhaps used with -m and specifying the > aout directories. If he'd have read the ldconfig man page, he would have > known this ;) Advanced Linux == "Can have at most 5 years experience being around Linux, would be most likely 2." Advanced Man Page Reader is a required course to be an advanced UNIX user. > I'm not trying to insult his knowledge you understand, just giving you > something to tell him, so he doesnt think it's FreeBSD's fault he couldnt > set up netscape... Oh, come now. if anyone claims to be an advanced anything they should know how to use basic functionality. Stop being so nice. =D -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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