Did you run ldconfig after that ? Looks like you libraries are not in your library path : echo /usr/X11R6/lib >> /etc/ld.so.conf then run ldconfig
Good luck, Jeroen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Atkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:37 AM Subject: [Newbie]Manual installation of 4.1.0 > I have attempted a manual installation of XFree86 4.1.0 on Debian GNU/Linux > using the following; > > chmod +x extract > mkdir /usr/X11R6 > mkdir /etc/X11 > ./extract -C /usr/X11R6 X[a-df-uw-z]*.tgz > ./extract -C /usr/X11R6 Xvfb.tgz # If you are installing Xvfb > ./extract -C /etc/X11 Xetc.tgz > ./extract -C /var Xvar.tgz > ln -s /etc/X11/app-defaults /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > ln -s /etc/X11/fs /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > ln -s /etc/X11/lbxproxy /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > ln -s /etc/X11/proxymngr /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > ln -s /etc/X11/rstart /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > ln -s /etc/X11/twm /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > ln -s /etc/X11/xdm /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > ln -s /etc/X11/xinit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > ln -s /etc/X11/xsm /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > ln -s /etc/X11/xserver /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > chmod ug-w /usr/X11R6/lib # Make sure the permissions are OK > /sbin/ldconfig /usr/X11R6/lib # For Linux > /sbin/ldconfig -m /usr/X11R6/lib # For FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD > /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc > > Everything goes fine until the last command: > /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc > > .. I get the error message 'error inloading shared libraries: libXfont.so.1: > cannot open shared object file: No such file of directory'. > > Can you please help? > > Simon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Fastest Browser on Earth. Download Opera 5 for Windows and Linux at http://www.opera.com/download/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
