Xorg and libm.so.2

[Rob]

Steve Bertrand wrote:
>>albi wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>I have just installed 5.3b7, and after installing Xorg, I get the
>>>>following error:
>>>>
>>>>/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared obj "libm.so.2" not found, required by
>>>>"Xorg"
>>>>
>>>>I found in google that certain libs have been upgraded, and indeed,
>>>>I
>>>>do have libm.so.3 in the /lib dir.
>>>>
>>>>Can I tell Xorg that it should use .3, and if so, how.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>ln -s /lib/libm.so.3 /lib/libm.so.2 worked for me
>>>
>>>
>>
>>A better way would be to recompile Xorg from ports against the new
>>library. Make sure you remove the symlink. Or if you don't want to
>>build
>>a new Xorg use /etc/libmap.conf instead of symlink hacks.
> 
> 
> Thank you for the info everyone...
> 
> I did find someone else (google) that used libmap.conf, however, my
> newly installed system does not have this file. Can someone please
> provide a sample of what a line in this file looks like, for my
> particular issue above?

Have a look at the manpage libmap.conf(5).

Rob.