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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Xterm can't find libXaw.so.8 after Xorg update
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 18:45:30
Message-Id: 20060701183623.GB15024@waltdnes.org
1 So X runs, but no xterms, with an error message about not being able
2 to find libXaw.so.8. First, I checked to see what was available...
3
4 m3000[root][~] ll /usr/lib/libXaw.so.*
5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 1 02:33 /usr/lib/libXaw.so.6 -> libXaw6.so.6
6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 1 02:33 /usr/lib/libXaw.so.7 -> libXaw7.so.7
7
8 Then I kludged together an ugly workaround...
9
10 [m3000][root][~] cd /usr/lib
11 [m3000][root][/usr/lib] ln -s /usr/lib/libXaw.so.7 libXaw.so.8
12
13 Much to my surprise, the damn thing actually works. But I know that
14 somewhere down the line, this will come back to bite me. How do I get
15 the real libXaw.so.8 built?
16
17 --
18 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1
19 My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca
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Re: [gentoo-user] Xterm can't find libXaw.so.8 after Xorg update "Michael [Plouj] Ploujnikov" <ploujj@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Xterm can't find libXaw.so.8 after Xorg update Kristian Poul Herkild <kristian@×××××××.dk>