(In Fluxbox)

When I try fbsetbg -a /path/to/imagefile, it gives me the following error, then quits:
What package could I possibly be missing?

There's a file in the slackware package directory called MANIFEST.bz2. It lists every file in every package so search through that to see what package the missing so is in.

to find an installed package containing a specific file
you can use : "grep <filename> /var/log/packages/* "

so here you can use:" grep libdpstk.so.1 /var/log/packages/* "

egag

Thanks for the replies.
Using "grep libdpstk.so.1 /var/log/packages/*" returns nothing.

what version of slackware, X, fluxbox?


you can also use the package browser to search...

On Slack 10.2, this file appears to be part of x11-6.8.2-i486-3.tgz. It seems odd that you don't have the file, given that you must have the x11 package installed to be running X in the first place :/.

Slackware 10.2, x11-6.9.0-i486-4, fluxbox-0.9.15.1-i486-1

Both packages from Slackware-Current. Is that why?

i'm running --current without a problem

did you upgrade everything?
did you install the new packages as well?

Can someone send me this file and tell me where to put it?

you don't need it

just a stab in the dark...
did you upgrade while in X/flux?
did you not restart X/flux afterwards?

I have restarted many times before, but I will try again.

EDIT: Nope, same error.

i'll ask the previous question again...
did you upgrade everything (including installing new packages)?

You upgraded using these packages, on a Slackware 10.2 computer? No wonder your other applications start having a bad time.

Look at http://www.slackware.it/pb/search.ph...=libdpstk.so.1 and then http://www.slackware.it/pb/search.ph...=libdpstk.so.1 ... this library file, which was present in your original version of X, is no longer present in the slackware-current version of the X package. Yet, you have several Slackware 10.2 packages installed which were compiled against the old X package and thus have a dependeny on that particular library. When the library is "upgraded away" you have a problem.

If you want to use packages from slackware-current ; either upgrade 100%, or else take the package sources and use the SlackBuild script to compile a Slackware package that will work on your Slackware 10.2 computer. Mixing packages from two releases is definitely not a good idea.

Eric

Been Slack for 10 years and I still learn something new.

I'd like to stay current. What other packages do I need to upgrade in order to have this working?