On Wed, 21 May 1997, a.e.nelson wrote:

> i figured out my initial problem, but i have a new one...startx can't find
> xinit.  i read the faq and figured that dynamic link editor hasn't been
> configured correctly.  this is detailed in another plea for help (two in
> one day!) that i just submitted to the list.  if you can help with this
> problem, please do.
> thanks for your help

Sure, basically you just need to "ldconfig /usr/X11R6/lib".  This is
normally done in /etc/rc. If you've got 1.2, you'll have to change the
ldconfig line in /etc/rc to:
ldconfig /usr/lib /local/lib /usr/X11R6/lib
If you have a newish current machine, just add /usr/X11R6/lib to
/etc/ld.so.conf.   Also make sure /usr/X11R6/bin is in your path, and that
/usr/X11 is a sym-link to /usr/X11R6.  That should do it...

	Rick

> >It is working properly.  The X server by itself doesn't do much.  What X
> >distribution are you using?  You should have a startx command in
> >/usr/X11R6/bin.  Once the X server is running (which you've done - which
> >is really the hardest part), you have to run clients - do something in
> >your new graphical display.  startx normally sets up some stuff, starts a
> >window manager (so you control windows and start new programs) and starts
> >an xterm.
> >
> >If you've got access to antother console you can probably start some stuff
> >manually like this (sh/bash):
> >export DISPLAY=:0.0
> >twm
> >xterm
> >but the proper way to do it is to have startx call xinit to do everything
> >for you...

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