Re: 2.6.1 compiler error

[Graham Pitt <graham connection-one com>]

On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 06:52, Paul Drain wrote:
> > but now a different error.  It seems to be looking for the path /X11/xkb.  as far as i can tell, the xkb directory is in /var/lib?
> 
> Welcome to 'Slackware annoyances' country:
> 
> Basically, libxklavier makes an educated guess at where the xkb
> libraries are, but if you haven't got them in a search path, or they are
> incomplete -- you run into strife.
> 
> To fix this for GARNOME, edit desktop/libxklavier/Makefile, and add 
> '--with-xkb-base=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb' to CONFIGURE_ARGS (near the 
> bottom).
> 
> Then do a 'make clean' and 'make install' again to get things running.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul
> 

ahhh, excellent.  i got it installed in the end although i left it
unattended and i think several things failed to installed because
although it starts it seems quite a broken install!

i think i will start it again and keep a log of the compilation.  thanks
for your help, i'm sure i'll be asking for it again soon! :)


graham