Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory), but the script DOES exist in $HOME/bin, openbox users, especially take a look, please.

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 09/22/2016 09:59 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 02:50:30PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > To read the manual
> >
> >   apt-get download lightdm
> >
> > works every time.
>
> Hmm, well.
>
> $ cd /tmp
> $ apt-get download lightdm
> $ ls, man dpkg, ...
> $ dpkg -x lightdm_1.10.3-3_amd64.deb ldm
> $ gzip -dc ldm/usr/share/man/man1/lightdm.1.gz | nroff -man | less
>
> Turns out there is a whole new section in the man page since wheezy!
>
> SEE ALSO
>        dm-tool(1)
>
> That is the only addition.
>
> $ man dm-tool
> No manual entry for dm-tool
>
> Yes, I could do a bunch of crap to try to figure out which package
> contains that manual page, extract it, etc.  But it doesn't seem like
> a useful investment of time, as I would not expect it to describe how
> a DM works, or what happens after it has accepted and verified a password.

Suppose all you get is a black screen and a mouse pointer?? <howls> Ric


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