Re: X menus won't run xterm pgms

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

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    Bill Marcum(bmarcum@iglou.com) is reported to have said:
    > 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?

    Yes
    ls -l /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
    lrwxrwxrwx /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator -> /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator
    and
    ls -l /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator
    lrwxr-xr-x /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator -> /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm

    But note the permission change. Humm.... More to try.

    Thanks Bill.

    Wayne 

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