On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 01:31:22PM +0100, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: > Here: > > $ /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display x-terminal-emulator > x-terminal-emulator - status is auto. > link currently points to /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm > /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm - priority 20 > slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xterm.1x.gz > /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm - priority 30 > slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/X11R6/man/man1/uxterm.1x.gz > /usr/bin/Eterm - priority 10 > slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/Eterm.1.gz > /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper - priority 20 > slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-terminal.1.gz > Current `best' version is /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm. > > Bizarre: > As said: I see "man uxterm" when I "man xterm" > > $ ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1098 Feb 18 10:46 /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm > -rwxr-sr-x 1 root utmp 252380 Feb 18 10:54 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm > > $ ls -l /usr/X11R6/man/man1/uxterm.1x.gz /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xterm.1x.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1022 Feb 18 10:51 /usr/X11R6/man/man1/uxterm.1x.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32310 Feb 18 10:50 /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xterm.1x.gz > > And when I > man /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xterm.1x.gz > I get the full "man xterm", 2745 lines long, something that's different > from what I get when I "man uxterm" > > And here comes the funny part: > > :$ ls -l `which xterm` > -rwxr-sr-x 1 root utmp 252380 Feb 18 10:54 /usr/bin/X11/xterm > > So it looks as if I had 2 xterm executables here. No links, AFAIKS. > > It seems I upgraded/installed xterm on Feb 19: > $ ls -lt -c /var/lib/dpkg/info/ | grep list | grep xterm > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 846 Feb 19 18:39 xterm.list > > So my guess is something went wrong at the time of this install ... and > maybe Gnome is getting confused with two xterm executables now ... not > being sure on that ... > > I'll have a look at it. > > Thanks for taking care. You might be experiencing the following bug, already filed: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=204249 -- G. Branden Robinson | There is no housing shortage in Debian GNU/Linux | Lincoln today -- just a rumor that branden@debian.org | is put about by people who have http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | nowhere to live. -- G. L. Murfin
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