Running -4.0.1 on IBM ThinkPad 600E

[edscott wilson garcia]

On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 19:44, Rich Shepard wrote:

Sounds like a Slackware problem. I kind of prefer FreeBSD for laptops,
Linux for desktops.

>   My fiancee's laptop is a 4-year-old IBM ThinkPad 600E. It ran
> Slackware-9.0 with Xfce-3.8.18 just fine. I upgraded the OS to Slackware-9.1
> and Xfce-4.0.1. Now, while 'startxfce4' brings up the root window and panel
> (and I guess it's a task bar which is the broad, white band at the top of
> the screen), I cannot open a virtual terminal.
> 
>   When I try attaching the fully-qualified name of /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm to
> the panel button, nothing comes up. When I kill X I see on the screen:
> 
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: error while loading shared libraries:
> libutempter.so.O: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
>   That's true: no 'libutempter.so.O' is on the system.
> 
>   I have Slackware-9.1 with Xfce-4.0.1 running on a workstation and another
> laptop with no problems so I'm at a complete loss what to do. And, of
> course, I'm being pressured to fix the problem so she can use the machine.
> 
>   All help greatly appreciated!
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Rich