I _thought_ that this got into the FAQ:

You need to add /usr/X11R6/lib to your ld search path - check out the
man page for ldconfig(8).

On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Ron Fondo wrote:

> 
>         Thomas, thanks for the reply. I took your advice, and created a
> .xinitrc file in my home directory with the following:
> 
> xterm &
> xterm &
> twm
> 
>         I then logged out and logged back in. Then when I entered "startx",
> I got the following:
> 
> /usr/libexec/ld.so: xinit: libXext.so.6.1: No such file or directory
> 
>         So then I tried to manually do it using your example:
> 
> [prompt]% startx &; twm
> 
>         which resulted in:
> 
> /usr/libexec/ld.so: twm: libXext.so.6.1: No such file or directory
> 
>         So I checked, and this file exists: "/usr/libexec/ld.so", but it
> appears to be a binary. I assume that I somehow need to recreate this
> binary, but don't have a clue how to yet...
> 
>         I'll keep everyone informed, and if anyone has any suggestions, I
> would greatly appreciate them. :) Until then, I'll just keep wading through
> the man pages, looking for a clue.
> 
> Ron
> 
> <header snipped>
> >Subject: Re: problems with X...
> >
> >>        When I tried to run X Windows for the first time, an error message
> >>popped up on screen but was gone before I could read it. I assumed that the
> >>problem was what was referred to in section 9.16 of the FAQ (./MAKEDEV grf2
> >>grf3). After doing this X seemed to successfully launch; I got a patterned
> >>desktop with a large "X" cursor.
> >>
> >>        Now, I am a complete novice with X, but I couldn't do _anything_
> >>from this point on but move the cursor around on the screen; I thought that
> >>holding down the mouse button would produce a pop-up menu wherever the
> >>cursor was. Attempts to use combinations of the option key and the left and
> >>right arrow keys to simulate a three button mouse were useless.
> >>
> >You forgot to start your window manager :-)
> >
> >A quick hack:
> >[prompt]% startx &; twm
> >
> >A much better way is to set up your .xinitrc to something like
> >xterm &
> >xterm &
> >twm
> >
> >Hope that helps a bit...
> >
> >Thomas
> >
> >--
> >Thomas Bjorn Andersen - bjorn@daimi.aau.dk /
> >http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~bjorn/ __________/
> >_______________________________/
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> >
> >
> 
> Virtually,
> 
> Ron Fondo                                        
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