X menus won't run xterm pgms

From: Wayne Topa (brittman_at_capital.net)
Date: 02/27/05

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    Afternoon all.

      I have just discovered a problem with my X menus. It seems that any
    program that requires an xterm, won't run. I searched the archives
    but could not find any other reference to this.

      A search on google anly brought up something called
    'sensisable-xtermumu' which seems to deal with different locales but
    doesn't seem like what I am seeing. The BTS was also of no help.

      I 'thought' the old /usr/lib/menu system used something like 'needs
    xterm' but that seems to have changed. I see no references to that in
    any of the files that require xterm. Instead I see
    'x-terminal-emulator' called out in the makers menus, but it doesn't
    bring up the programs (mutt, telnet, mc, iptraf, etc).

      I can, from an xterm, execute /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator
    and it does bring up an xterm (uxterm) but clicking on the menu does not.

      The above is the same is wmaker, fluxbox and afterstep.

      I have been running testing/unstable for quite a while now but as I
    don't use X very often, have not noticed this before.

       Would anyone care to point me to a fix for this. Its not a big
    deal, just a PITA.

    TIA

    Wayne 

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