On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 13:19, A. Madhusudan , Gurgaon wrote: > HI, > I am quite new to Linux and have just installed zipslack in my system from > Slackware Linux. > I got the installers for Xfree86 4.3.0 from their ftp site and installed it > for x Terminal. > After installation and configuration, when I try to start it, it gives me an > error as below. > > Xterm: error while loading shared libraries: libutempter.so.0: cannot open > shared object file: No such file or Directory > > I would like to know what I am missing here and how this problem can be > corrected. > > Thanks > A.Madhusudan
On my system which is Red Hat 9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# locate libutempter /usr/lib/libutempter.so.0.5.2 /usr/lib/libutempter.so /usr/lib/libutempter.so.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# rpm -qf /usr/lib/libutempter.so* utempter-0.5.2-16 utempter-0.5.2-16 utempter-0.5.2-16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# rpm -qi utempter-0.5.2-16 Name : utempter Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 0.5.2 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc. Release : 16 Build Date: Wed 19 Feb 2003 09:26:19 AM MYT Install Date: Fri 20 Jun 2003 09:12:40 PM MYT Build Host: stripples.devel.redhat.com Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: utempter-0.5.2-16.src.rpm Size : 87287 License: MIT Signature : DSA/SHA1, Mon 24 Feb 2003 02:05:13 PM MYT, Key ID 219180cddb42a60e Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla> Summary : A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates. Description : Utempter is a utility that allows some non-privileged programs to have required root access without compromising system security. Utempter accomplishes this task by acting as a buffer between root and the programs. So the above means that you need to locate the equivalent package for slackware. For your info... [URL maybe wrapped] ftp://ftp.rtfm.no/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/slackware/l/utempter-0.5.2-i486 -2.tgz -- Arindam Dey The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. GPG FPR: B8E3 219E F129 F970 F4A7 BC50 9636 504A BEDF 5739 _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd