Hello, I inadvertently broke the /usr/lib on my FreeBSD 4.7 box. Here's how this happened.
* In an xterm as root, I issued the command "ldconfig -r" as root, and attempted to copy the ldconfig output using the mouse. I selected the first 20 lines of this output with the mouse, and was about to paste it into an editor, when I inadvertently pressed the middle button while the cursor was still in the xterm. * The system immediately froze. I rebooted the system in single user mode, fsck'ed the filesystems, then mounted them. I then issued "ctrl d" to allow the boot sequence to continue, which it did. * The built-in ldconfig issued many errors, all of them stating that /usr/lib components had an invalid file formats. I rebooted the system back to single user, and issued an "ldconfig -r" which listed the ld-elf "so.hints" search directories, together with all the actual load libraries for elf . * I assumed that the first 20 library files were corrupted, and sought to replace these with files from a /usr/lib library that I found on the web. * Working in single user mode I now find that when I attempted any command that sends formatted output to the screen (e.g. ls -la), I get the following message: "/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5: Shared object has no run-time symbol table" * It seems to me that the approximately first 20 /usr/lib files have been corrupted. * However the system continues to boot the kernel OK. How can I fix this? Any tips or advice will be greatly appreciated Oliver Wilson _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"