Bug#99710: marked as done (XDvi doesn't work from menu)
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From: Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>
Subject: XDvi doesn't work from menu
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Package: tetex-bin
Version: 1.0.7+20001218-3
Severity: normal
Running /usr/bin/xdvi from bash command line works.
When using the menu, ~/.xsession-errors gets:
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/X11/xdvi: No such file or directory
/bin/sh: exec: /usr/bin/X11/xdvi: cannot execute: No such file or directory
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux rakefet 2.2.19pre17 #1 Thu May 10 19:09:42 IDT 2001 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debianutils 1.15 Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian.
ii dpkg 1.9.6 Package maintenance system for Debian
ii ed 0.2-19 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.2.3-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libkpathsea3 1.0.7+20001218 shared libkpathsea for teTeX
ii libpng2 1.0.11-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-0.01042 The GNU stdc++ library
ii libtiff3g 3.5.5-3 Tag Image File Format library
ii libwww0 5.3.2-4 The W3C-WWW library.
ii libxaw7 4.0.3-3 X Athena widget set library
ii tetex-base 1.0.2+20000804 basic teTeX library files
ii xlibs 4.0.3-3 X Window System client libraries
ii zlib1g 1.1.3-15 compression library - runtime
libwww-ssl0 Not installed or no info
ii perl-base 5.6.0-21 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.
^^^ (Provides virtual package perl5-base)
--- Ignoring modified conffile /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf (>8k)
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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
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Subject: Re: Bug#99710: XDvi doesn't work from menu (fwd)
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I close this bug because this is a "feature" of our menu system and not a
bug in tetex-bin.
cu
Adrian
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Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 01:47:47 +0300
From: Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
Cc: 99710@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#99710: XDvi doesn't work from menu
> You upgraded tetex-bin.
> In the same X-session you had the problem.
> The next time you start X the problem is gone.
>
> ?
Terminating the X-session and starting it again fixed it.
Therefore, you must be right about the sequence of events.
>
>
> If yes, the problem is that the xdvi binary has moved in 1.0.7+20001218-3
> but you won't get the new menu entries before you restart your window
> manager.
>
> (Something similar happens with other menu programs like e.g. pdmenu.)
>
>
> cu
> Adrian
>
> --
> A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a
> "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
> -- Mahatma Ghandi
>
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