[NCLUG] x startup

[marciot]

On trick you can use is to use the machine that works
to find out what .rpm contains the file that is missing,
so you can install it on the machine that does not work.

Do the following:

Log in to the machine that works, and find the file
"libXfont.so.1". If you don't know where it is, use:

   find / -name libXfont.so.1

Suppose it is "/usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1" (as it is
under RH7.1). Now, use the "rpm" command to ask the machine
which .rpm that file came from:

   rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1

On my system, I get "XFree86-libs-4.0.3-5". Now, log in
to the machine that does *not* work and see whether that
package is installed:

   rpm -qa | grep XFree86-libs-4.0.3-5

If it *isn't* installed, then that's the problem. Get out
your RedHat CDs, find the appropriate RPM, and install it.
The command will be something like:

   rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/XFree86-libs-4.0.3-5.rpm

Anyhow, you can also repeat the same procedure to figure
out what .rpm file "fonts.dir" comes from.

Hope this helps,

Marcio Luis Teixeira


>===== Original Message From nclug at nclug.org =====
>I've installed RH7.2 on two boxes.
>One works nicely  but on the other one
>won't initialize x.
>I can't seem to get rid of
>the following messages--
>
>Starting xfs: chmod: getting attributes
>of 'fonts.dir': No such file or directory
>
>xfs: error while loading shared
>libraries: libXfont.so.1: cannot open
>shared object file: No such file or
>directory
>                                    [failed]
>
>And I'm left in command line mode.
>
>fonts.dir exists in
>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
>and is a text file with permissions
>_rw_ r_ _ r _ _
>
>libXfont.so.1 is a link to
>libXfont.so.1.3
>which has permissions
>- rwxr - x r - x
>
>My guess is that the initialization script is
>looking in the wrong place for these files.
>
>Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
>Many TIA,
>Ted
>
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