> Igor Grobman wrote: > > > > Looks like the installation of libc5, an essential package failed. Download > > it > > from debian/stable/binary-i386/libs and install with dpkg -i libc5*deb > > > > yup, that's what i tried right after my original post - > and i tried it again after reading your reply - with > the same result: > > I tried these libc5 packages in turn: > > libc5_5.4.20-1.deb (the one from my "old" cdrom) > libc5_5.4.23-4.deb (the one in unstable) > libc5_5.4.33-3.deb (the one in stable - > has the higher number than in the one in stable !?)
That a mistake by the maintainer, and archive maintainer is on vacation, so this problem never got corrected. It will be corrected with next release of libc5, I assume. > > Always with the same error: > > ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/X11R6/lib/usr/lib/libc5-compat > (No such file or directory), skipping This is not the problem. libc5 installs this directory, but it is empty, so that's why there is the error, I assume. It shouldn't prevent you from running anything though. > > the upshot: x11 is still not running. > in general, it seems that at least some of the shared > libraries cannot be found/loaded, despite the fact that they > clearly exist on the disk. > in particular though: Which package creates the file > "/usr/X11R6/lib/usr/lib/libc5-compat" ? see above. > > thanks for your tip. if you or other people on the list > have any more suggestions, I would be very glad to hear > from you... I looked over your original mail, and it states that you weren't able to load libraries other than libc5, I seem not to have noticed that :). Make sure you have /usr/X11R6/lib in /etc/ld.so.conf, and if not add it there, and run lddconfig as root. If this does not fix the problem, try getting the ldso package from unstable, as your problem might be due to a bug with altdev packages (packages for compiling with libc5 on libc6 systems) recently discussed on debian-devel. -- Proudly running Debian Linux! Linux vs. Windows is a no-Win situation.... Igor Grobman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
