According to Lambermont, David: While burning my CPU.
>
> I'm attempting to get WindowMaker compiled and installed, and I'm
> running into some strange errors that I can't interpret.
>
> Everything seems to work fine in the configure/make/make install process
> with the following exception (this warning is seen at the end of the
> "make" process)
>
> ---
> ld: warning: libc.so.6, needed by /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so, may
> conflict with l
> ibc.so.5
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/download/WindowMaker-0.18.1/test'
> ---
Yes its from LD the linker program, which of course is done richt at the end
of the compile.
Now its not all to clear to me whats going on here, reading the warning one
could say just ignore it, however i think the problem lies in the following
chapter.
>
> After completing the install and attempting to run wmaker from using the
> new .xinitrc, X loads, I get the ugly gray "X" screen, and then X shuts
> down. A message similar to the following is seen (may not be exact
> wording -- trying to remember this stuff at work):
>
> --
> libc.so.5: Error loading shared library files, file not found
> --
Windowmaker cant find libc.so.5, but you possably gatherd that already, now
hopefully i will not complicate what seems like a simple problem.
You possably have redhat 5.0 or 5.1 anyway a system which is using the new
glibc or otherwise known as libc6, now the old lib's libc5.so cant be found
but are needed, or so it seems.
Below you used the "find" command to search for libc.so.* and it shows
libc.so.5 great, now it seems that ld the dynamic linker doesent know that
they are there. The way to check to see weather ld does know or not is ;
ldconfig -v >lib.txt
Which is; Run ldconfig in Verbose mode and print directorys which are
scanned and any libs which are linked.
Now check lib.txt to see if there is a link for /lib/libc.so.5.4.46 like
libc.so.5 => libc.so.5.3.46 if it is, then i am temproraly stumped, if not
then you could try linking it by hand in the /lib dir.
ln -s libc.so.5.4.46 libc.so.5
Or edit /etc/ld.so.conf and enter a newline like
/opt/Office40/lib/
'now rerun ldconfig'
If it is already there, again i'm stumped.
Of course i could be completly wrong.
>
> I noticed that the file referenced in the compile warning was the same
> one crapping out during startx. I took a look for libc.so.* on my
> machine and found the following:
>
> ---
> [root@bourbon WindowMaker-0.18.1]# find / -name libc.so.*
> /dosd/RedHat/RedHat/instimage/lib/libc.so.6
> /home/ftp/lib/libc.so.6
> /lib/libc.so.6
> /lib/libc.so.5.4.46
> /usr/i486-linuxaout/lib/libc.so.4
> /usr/i486-linuxaout/lib/libc.so.4.7.2
> /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5.3.12
> /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5
> /opt/Office40/lib/libc.so.5.4.46
> /opt/Office40/lib/libc.so.5
> [root@bourbon WindowMaker-0.18.1]#
> ---
>
> Any ideas? My buddy keeps telling me how cool WindowMaker is, and I'm
> jealous!
>
> BTW -- this list is great, you guys have been really helpful. I was a
> UNIX sysadm about 7 years ago (AT&T 3b2) and I've been feeling pretty
> stupid lately. I especially enjoy it when Richard pops in with his 2
> cents -- the clouds part, the angels sing, and we all bask in the glow
> of his wisdom..
>
> Richard: "You're all worthless and weak, now drop and give me twenty...
> OK, now that that's over with, compile the kernel as follows..." We
> newbies are lucky to have guys like him and the many other gurus
> available to help.
Well thanks, but i am not such a guru as many others.
>
> TIA
>
> Dave
>
> --
> David Lambermont
> DIGICON Corp.
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>
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Regards Richard.
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