Bug#345446: startx: missing a $ in varibale name $dummy
Package: xbase-clients
Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1
Severity: normal
Hello,
I can not use startx to launch an X session, looking at the problem I find a missing
$ in the script.
I attach a patch to that message.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14+thorr.1
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on:
ii cpp 4:4.0.2-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdmx1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Distributed Multihead X client lib
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libfs6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Font Server library
ii libglu1-xorg [libglu1] 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Mesa OpenGL utility library [X.Org
ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Session Management
ii libxau6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Authentication library
ii libxaw8 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Athena widget set library
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxfixes3 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous 'fix
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxi6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Input extension li
ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System multi-head display
ii libxkbfile1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Keyboard Extension file parsing
ii libxkbui1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Keyboard Extension user interfac
ii libxmu6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxmuu1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 lightweight X Window System miscel
ii libxp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X pixmap library
ii libxrandr2 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxss1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Screen Saver client-side library
ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii libxtrap6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System protocol-trapping
ii libxtst6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System event recording an
ii libxv1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System video extension li
ii libxxf86dga1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Direct Graphics Access extension
ii libxxf86misc1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X miscellaneous extensions library
ii libxxf86vm1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Video Mode selection library
ii xlibmesa-gl [libgl1] 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Mesa 3D graphics library [X.Org]
ii xlibs 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client libraries m
ii xlibs-data 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client data
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime
xbase-clients recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- startx.orig 2005-12-31 16:52:17.479117656 +0100
+++ startx 2005-12-31 16:51:56.072299121 +0100
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
EOF
removelist="$displayname $removelist"
else
- dummy=$((dummy+1));
+ dummy=$(($dummy+1));
/usr/X11R6/bin/xauth -q -f $xserverauthfile << EOF
add :$dummy . $authcookie
EOF
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