I am trying to run xchat.

At the command line, I type "xchat", and I get the error: "error while loading shared libraries: libpangoxft-1.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

I have installed the full "X" package. I did NOT do a full install as this computer has limited resources.

(1) DO I need to be running a GUI like Blackbox to get Xchat to run, if so, how (It's not listed when I right click the desktop).

(2) If I am missing the file libpang*, where do I find it to install? I had this problem before, I can't figure out an easy way to find components that are installed when a .tgz is extracted, so I can't search throught the package directories to see which one I need to install.

As always, any help this newb gets is appreciated.

A

You need pango installed and be running X.

thanks for the pango info.

I installed the "l" package and now I can get xchat to start... only as root. It mentions, and I agree, that running IRC as root is stupid.

So, I switched to a user account, now the error:

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

(xchat:1129): Gtk-WARNING **:cannot open display:


-any ideas?

Try running "xhost +localhost" and then try "xchat" again.

thanks. I can now get Xchat to run as a user.

So what did I do with that? I am guessing i added localhost as an option in a config file. Why did it work with root?

Also, I found that after leaving blackbox, I couldn't restart it, even as root. I had to reboot. What might have been chaged by my failed attemp at launching xchat that caosed this?

-Thanks again

A

That could be why. So many programs, especially ones written for X, need MANY other programs for them to run. You should install the full X packages, and many other compilers/installers.

The problem with doing a 'partial' install is you are missing other, needed programs that need other programs that need other programs....
So trying to diagnose will be VERY hard.

What are your 'limited resources'?

Not actually sure! Actually, you might want to add that line to a file called .profile in your user's home directory, so you don't have to do it every time you want to run a graphical program (I had to do this when I installed Slack 10.2).

As I understand, xhost allows accessing to your xserver directly (not using wm). So adding xhost +localhost lets everybody from localhost access your xserver. I should mention that is turned off due to security reasons. Root is not needed this because he is a root. There might be another way how to start xchat without using this command.

Thanks for all of the help, I can use it now.

BTW, the limited resources were 32 MB ram, 166 Mhz processor, 3 GB hard drive.

I now have installed a whopping 96 MB ram.