From: hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) Subject: Re: (X386) light C shared image??? Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 14:21:03 GMT
In article <1993Apr16.075545.686@truffula.sj.ca.us> cls@truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer) writes:
>Once again, I'm trying to install X386. I have HJ's root and
>base, and 0.99pl8.
>I obtained and untarred SLS disks x1-x10. I have an Xconfig
>I believe is right. My (Logitech) mouse passes HJ's mouse test.
>Startx produces the following error messages:
>
>Undefined C library functions:
> 1. light C shared image (Use the real one instead.)
>giving up.
>xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X Server
>xinit: No such process (errno3): Server error.
>
>
>My questions are:
>a. What's "the real one" and where might I obtain it?
> Is there a heavy C shared image?
Get libc 4.3.3 from tsx-11 under pub/linux/GCC.
> Does SLS use a different set of libraries than HJ supplies?
Yes. SLS may use a old buggy one. Peter will update it.
>b. What document should I have read that I would know what a
> "light C shared image" is? What newsgroup?
cd /lib
ls -l
You will see libc-lite.so.4.3.3 and libc.so.4 is linked to it.
>c. How can I redirect the output of startx into a file?
> When I tried
> (startx 2>&1 ) > startx.errors &
> from HJ's ksh, it printed nothing and the file was empty.
>
That is because xinit doesn't run with libc-lite.so.4.3.3.
>Any help much appreciated!
>
H.J.