[kde-linux] Problem logging in as non-root user [SOLVED]

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 11 August 2008 19:07, Neeraj Vaidya wrote:
> SOLVED....This thread may be closed.
> Here is how :
> Created a symlink to the libs in /usr/X11R6/lib from /usr/lib
> As root type the following
> # cd /usr/lib
> # ln -sv /usr/X11R6/lib/* .
>
>
> I figured I needed to do this because when I tried to start xterm using a
> non-root login , xterm was not able to locate libXft.so.2 (pardon me if I
> have the name of the library wrong , in a hurry to go back to
> sleep....peacefully  )
>
> And this I figured by using strace on the xterm command.
>
Neeraj, this could be valuable information to others, so please tell us which 
distro it is.  Also, if you have any other relevant information such as 
whether your /home existed before from another distro, or whether you have 
installed the same distro on another machine with or without that problem.

Thanks

Anne