X menus won't run xterm pgms (Solved)
From: Wayne Topa (brittman_at_capital.net)
Date: 02/28/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 18:39:51 -0500 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Wayne Topa(brittman@capital.net) is reported to have said:
> 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.
>
It seems that, /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator ->
/usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm, was not working through the menu system.
I ran update-alternatives and tried various combinations. I don't
know what created the previous link but, as of right now (after
update-alternatives), xterm and uxterm both work when calling mutt
from the wmaker menu, as do aptitude and mc.
Guess I will have to keep a better eye on what is updated, and use X
more often!
Long story short, run update-alternatives when in doubt, after reading
the man page that is.
Thanks for the shove Bill, it helped a lot!
Regards
Wayne
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