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Bug#435457: marked as done (startx: fails to start a custom client)

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Package: xbase-clients
Version: 1:7.2.ds2-2
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/startx

Hello,

when I try to run a custom X client withs startx, like

startx startkde
startx xterm

it doesn't start and there is an error message in the console

xterm: bad command line option "xterm"

Regards
    Jiri Palecek


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.20.3-rt8 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=cs_CZ, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ (charmap=ISO-8859-2) (ignored: LC_ALL set to cs_CZ) 
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on:
ii  cpp                     4:4.1.2-2        The GNU C preprocessor (cpp)
ii libc6 2.6-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.3.5-1+b1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib 
ii  libfs6                  2:1.0.0-4        X11 Font Services library
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1 7.0.1~rc2-1 A free implementation of the OpenG ii libice6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library 
ii  libpng12-0              1.2.15~beta5-2   PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                  2:1.0.3-1        X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                2:1.0.3-7        X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                 1:1.0.3-2        X11 authorisation library
ii  libxaw7                 1:1.0.3-3        X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxcursor1             1:1.1.8-2        X cursor management library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxft2 2.1.12-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar 
ii  libxi6                  1:1.0.1-4        X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1            1:1.0.2-1        X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxkbfile1 1:1.0.4-1 X11 keyboard file manipulation lib ii libxmu6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxmuu1 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous micro-utility li 
ii  libxrandr2              2:1.2.1-1        X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxss1 1:1.1.2-1 X11 Screen Saver extension library 
ii  libxt6                  1:1.0.5-3        X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii libxtrap6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 event trapping extension libra ii libxtst6 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Testing -- Resource extension 
ii  libxv1                  1:1.0.3-1        X11 Video extension library
ii libxxf86dga1 2:1.0.1-2 X11 Direct Graphics Access extensi ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.1-2 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l ii x11-common 1:7.2-3 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc 
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

xbase-clients recommends no packages.

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--- Begin Message --- 
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 22:54:09 +0200, Jiří Paleček wrote:

> when I try to run a custom X client withs startx, like
>
> startx startkde
> startx xterm
>
> it doesn't start and there is an error message in the console
>
> xterm: bad command line option "xterm"
>
This is not a bug, you need to use the full path to the client, like:
startx /usr/bin/xterm

Cheers,
Julien

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