Can someone answer a library question for me??

[curious147]

Hello, I am running Debian 2.1

Fresh install, I just did it last night. However, I ran through the installation for Xwindows 4.0.2 and when I try to run xf86config, i get an error message that says something to the effect of

xf86config could not find library file
libXext.so.6 No file or directory

I was reading about symbolic links and how that might create an issue such as this. so, I checked to see where libXext.so.6 was pointint to, which was libXext.so.6.4. I then renamed /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 to something different and ran the command

ln -s libXext.so.6.4 libXext.so.6

to create a new link. running xf86config produced the same error again!!! If ANY of you can provide assistance, PLEASE reply. :mad:

[Tyr-7BE]

How did you install XWindows? Did you apt-get it? Here's my recommendation. Find some way to get X off of your system entirely (good luck), and apt-get a window manager like blackbox or windowmaker. In order to run a window manager, you need X. apt-get will then download X in order to make your window manager work. "apt-get install <name>". Give it a shot :)

[curious147]

I don't have a modem for this box. The one in my other machine is a 56K fax, yet only runs at 28.8 (phone line restrictions). I grabbed X off of www.xfree86.org (http://www.xfree86.org) and put it on cd.

Any other suggestions???

(thanks for your reply btw :-)

[bdg1983]

libXext.so.6 is part of the XFree86-libs package.

Did a search for 'libXext.so.6' here http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpmfind/

Good one to bookmark.

[bdl]

Just a couple of thoughts...

Did ya check to see if the library path was in /etc/ld.so.conf? Did ya run 'ldconfig' afterwards?

Luck!