X-Windows install problem

[Terry Chan]

The problem you are having with loading your shared libraries is a
bug in the Lunar 1.2 ISO.  The solution is:

lin binutils glibc

That will correct the defective /sbin/ldconfig you have on your
system.  Please check the size of /etc/ld.so.conf -- it should be around
50Kbytes, not 64 bytes.  This problem has already been corrected for
the next Lunar ISO, which is awaiting release.

After the two compiles above are finished, your /etc/ld.so.conf will have
been rebuilt by running ldconfig for you automatically and the size of
that file should go up accordingly.

No need to rebuild Xfree86, its just a library configuration problem.

Terry Chan
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On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 09:14:05AM -0600, Gijsbert Stoet wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>  I know that there was a number of mails about install problem with
> X-Windows. All people having the problem, have the same problem that I
> have know, e.g. when you try to start an X-application like xterm the
> computer says:
> 
>   xterm: error while loading shared libraries: libXft.so.1: cannot
>   open shared object file: No such file or directory.
> 
> However, it seems that the files exist, e.g. libXft.so.1 exists in
> /usr/X11/lib. I recompiled xfree86 and many other programs many times
> now, and I keep getting the same error message.
> 
> Is there anybody who knows for sure which steps I have to follow to
> get X11 installed.
> 
> Many thanks, and btw, I really think that, apart from this problem,
> lunar-linux is tremendously easy to install and has a very nice
> interface (lunar) and many good applications in moonbase. Thanks to
> all working on that!
> 
> Gijsbert