xdm cannot read Xresources via /lib/cpp

[Steffen Neumann <sneumann@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>]

Hi!

Here at work I have a problem since debian 1.2.1, whereas at home
(using debian 1.2/frozen) things go smoothly. I'd like people to
point me towards what else to check...

What I do:

	xdm start
	   starts without starting the Xserver, o.k.

	X -query localhost 
	   gives me the login Window, almost o.k.
	   the login window is black/white, not o.k.

What goes wrong:
	xdm can't read its Xresources (which is too bad, since I want 
	to do more than just colors with them, but whereas at home
	everything works, here I have started with a plain installation 
	and not even begun editing the Xresource files)

The errormessage goes:
	# cd /var/log/
	# cat xdm-errors 
	/usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb: cannot run '/lib/cpp -traditional -Dlinux
	-D__i386__ -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_SVID_SOURCE -DX_LOCALE
[snip. A *long* command line!]
	-DCLASS_PseudoColor_8=32 -DCLASS_DirectColor_8=33
	-DCLASS_GrayScale_8=34 -DCLASS_StaticColor_8=35 -DCLASS_TrueColor_8=36
	-DCLASS_StaticGray_8=37'

My debugging attempts so far:
	1) I cut&pasted the whole command line in TextConsole, and a 
		cat Xresources | cpp 
	   works just fine. cpp is in place, permissions right, etc.
	
	2) started with startx, used xrdb manually, things are fine. 

	3) fiddled with strace, and got lost in the guts of xdm

Who knows what next? Anyone who had the same problem? The system at home 
runs X 3.2, too, so why does that work? Which files, permissions, 
authorisation etc. to check next? Any package I missed, anything ?

So long, 
Steffen


 






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