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D.Kennedy_at_queens-belfast.ac.uk (David Kennedy) writes:
> [Discussion snipped of why Fvwm now dies on me with an error:
> ld.so.1: /home7/dcjk/bin/fvwm: fatal: libXpm.so.4.8: can't open file: errno=2
> Any help welcomed.]
>
> Dan reckoned LD_LIBRARY_PATH might need tweaked.
>
> I thought of LD_LIBRARY_PATH and attempted to make doubly sure that it
> is set like this: (from my .xinitrc, it should already be set)
> -----
> setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${HOME}/lib
> ^^^ This is the kludge line for the xpm libs.
>
> if [ "$OW_WINDOW_MANAGER" ]; then # Alternate Window Manager <-- Def
> ined as fvwm
> xsetroot -def # Clear root window
> Usual method of
> $OW_WINDOW_MANAGER & wmpid=$! # Start Alt Window Manager r
> unning it here.
> dsdm & # OpenLook Drop Site Database
> unset OW_WINDOW_MANAGER
> else
> sleep 15 & pid=$! # OpenLook Window Manager
> olwm -syncpid $pid & wmpid=$!
> wait $pid # Pause until olwm inits
> fi
> ----
>
> Unless I have made a mistake with the syntax here this pretty much rules out
> a problem with LD_LIBRARY_PATH does it not? I'm puzzled!
Since you are on Solaris, when in doubt, use truss! Start fvwm2 like
this:
truss fvwm2 2>/var/tmp/fvwm.truss
Then search the resulting /var/tmp/fvwm.truss for "xpm". It should be
clear where fvwm2 is looking for the shared object.
> --
> David Kennedy, Dept. of Pure & Applied Physics, Queen's University of Belfast
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> Email: D.Kennedy_at_Queens-Belfast.ac.uk | URL: http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~dcjk/
>
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Received on Wed May 01 1996 - 08:18:33 BST