On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 06:11, Rick Stevens wrote: > Bob McClure Jr wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 04:04:31PM +1000, Graeme Nichols wrote: > > > >> > >>Rick Stevens wrote: > >> > >>>Graeme Nichols wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Hello Folks, I don't know if I have been hacked or have simply managed > >>>>to corrupt something but I cannot start any apps. and cannot really > >>>>boot the system. > >>>> > >>>>The errors I am receiving all say 'error while loading shared library > >>>><some library: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory" > >>>> > >>>>While trying to boot the first error encountered says: "Starting xfs: > >>>>xfs: error while loading shared library libXfont.so.1: cannot open > >>>>shared object file: no such file or directory." > >>>> > >>>>The when the graphical login screen is trying to load I get the error > >>>>"Id X respawning too fast. Disaabled for 5 minutes" > >>>> > >>>>If I manage to boot into run level 3 then try to run 'startx' I get > >>>>about 6 lines of errors similar to the following: " Xauth: error while > >>>>loading shared libraries: libXmuu.so.1; cannot open shared etc. etc. > >>>>No such file or directory" > >>>> > >>>>I was running mrtg at the time and it failed with the same type of error. > >>>> > >>>>The only other thing I was doing at the time was installing epiphany > >>>>using the package manager, which finished normally but epiphany would > >>>>not run. Said it was starting but it bombed out. Trying to start it > >>> > >>>>from a terminal resulted in a similar error to all the above. > >>> > >>>>Help Please... I'm sending this from Win 98, not good. > >>> > >>> > >>>Some of your X environment got stomped on. Boot up in run level 3 or > >>>single user mode, dig up your CDs and run > >>> > >>> rpm -Uvh --force XFree86-devel*.rpm > >>> > >>>Hopefully that should fix it unless other bits got munched, too. > >> > >>Hi Rick, thanks. re-installed all the xorg-X11* rpms on the 4 FC2 CDs. > >>This had an impact in that 'startx' tries to do things now but > >>eventually bombs out on the 'unix/7100' (or something) font path and > >>then 'cannot load 'fixed' fonts' I've googled around but cannot find any > >>answers yet. > >> > >>Have you any further ideas on what may be happening now and how I can > >>work out just where this font path refers to? > >> > >>-- > >> > >>Kind regards, > >>Graeme Nichols. > > > > > > It'll be another nine hours before Rick comes on-line, so I'll take a > > shot at this. (Don't ask why I'm up this late.) > > > > Your symptoms indicate your X font server is not running. As root, > > run > > > > service xfs status > > > > You should get something like > > > > xfs (pid 1032) is running... > > > > If not, run > > > > service xfs start > > > > That gets it starting right now. If that comes up ok, run > > > > chkconfig --list xfs > > > > You should get something like > > > > xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off > > > > If not, run > > > > chkconfig xfs on > > > > That makes it come on next time you boot. If it won't come up and > > stay up, look in /var/log/messages for clues. > > That's exactly right. xfs must be running. Many people turn it off > thinking it's a security risk, but it's not as it only runs on Unix > sockets. Hello Rick, please see my reply to Bob. X started up OK today but there is still the original problem similar to this one: 'error while loading shared libraries: libqt-mt.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'. Any clues? Doesn't appear to be a permission problem, but what the problem is I have no idea. Sound familiar :-) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kind regards, Graeme Nichols. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Come live with me and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands and crystal brooks With silken lines, and silver hooks. There's nothing that I wouldn't do If you would be my POSSLQ. You live with me, and I with you, And you will be my POSSLQ. I'll be your friend and so much more; That's what a POSSLQ is for. And everything we will confess; Yes, even to the IRS. Some day on what we both may earn, Perhaps we'll file a joint return. You'll share my pad, my taxes, joint; You'll share my life - up to a point! And that you'll be so glad to do, Because you'll be my POSSLQ. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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