RE: xterm cannot execute xterm
On 29-Jun-2000 Roy John Little wrote:
> Dear list:
> While upgrading my glib-gtk libraries, I tried to first uninstall the
> originals using dselect. When I realized that my whole x-windows system
> was being uninstalled, I did a ^C. What I notice now is that xterm, the
> window I use for most of my work, will not execute x-type commands: xterm,
> xvidtune, xlock, xdvi, etc. If I call up a Bash window, using the Debian
> menu, this has no trouble with respect to executing x-commands. What
> could have gone wrong?
>
possibly the path is not getting set when you launch the xterm. echo $PATH and
see if the X bins are in there.
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