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Adam Carheden (carheden@holly.colostate.edu) wrote:
: Okay, I finally got around to attacking this problem again (I got sound
: working in the mean time though) and I'm back with more questions.
: 
: Here is my /etc/ld.so.conf file:
: /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw95
: /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d
: /usr/lib/libc5-compat
: /lib/libc5-compat
: /usr/X11R6/lib
:
: As you can see, /usr/X11R6/lib is already there.  What does this file do
: anyway?

This specifies the directories for ld.so to use (the runtime linker) to
find libraries in. When you use ldconfig, it searches these libraries and
should create a /etc/ld.so.cache file which is a binary file pointing to
the output of ldconfig -v (contains that information for programs to look
at.
 
: ldconfig -v shows libXpm.so.4 as a link to /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.

I don't think that's a link...it's just saying when a program calls for
libXpm.so.4, it'll direct it to the following file...so, it's not like a
linked file using ln -s.

: ldd netscape:
: 	libXpm.so.4 => not found

If you can ldconfig, it shoudl show up as being found (mine does, and I
just ran ldconfig to make sure). Are the permissions correct on
libXpm.so.4 so that everyone can get to the lib?

The other thing you can try, just to make sure, is run the command (from a
terminal) `strace netscape` and you'll see a bunch of stuff scroll
by...right before netscape bombs, you'll probably see a line like:

open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XtErrorDB", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file
or directory)

If that has the libXpm file in it, then you know it's failing on that...if
it stops somewhere else or for some other reason, it may be something
else.

: I know libXpm.so.4 is there because ldconfig shows it, but the other
: two, libg++.so.72 and libstdc++.so.27 aren't anywhere on my hard drive.
: Trying to run netscape doesn't get that far of course, but I fear the
: future when I fix the libXpm.so.4 problem.

This may or may not mean anything (the libg++ and the other one) since
I've got a couple of libraries missing too when I run a ldd netscape; if
it finds a lib with what it needs, it'll use that...if not, it'll die a
horrible death. ;-)

: I didn't try was downloading the development Linux 2.0-glibc version of
: netscape because Reed said it was for Redhat 5.x and I didn't think it
: applied to me.  

Well, technically it's for anyone with glibc installed...right now, that's
mostly Redhat 5.x people.

: I'm still getting the same errors (can't find libXpm.so.4 from netscape
: and can't find libXm.20.12 from netscape-dynMotif), but that should be

You might as well delete netscape-dynMotif if you don't have Motif
installed. It's just a waste of disk space.

Later,
Paul
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