Re: X menus won't run xterm pgms
From: Bill Marcum (bmarcum_at_iglou.com)
Date: 02/27/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:58:38 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 12:51:09PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
> 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.
>
Is /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator a symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator?
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