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Bug#352127: marked as done (xbase-clients: Unable to use startx/xinit with a terminal emulator as the client)

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: xbase-clients
Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4
Severity: important

I can unable to use startx or xinit to start an X session with a terminal
emulator as the client. The command I am using is 'startx xterm'.

With xterm, the window appears but a shell is never run. The mouse
cursor flickers when it hovers over the xterm window.

When I try rxvt, the entire window flickers constantly; when I try
gnome-terminal, the window appears and then disappears and the X session
ends.

Everything works if I use twm as the client.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (530, 'testing'), (520, 'unstable'), (510, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.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                  2.3.5-8           GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libdmx1                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    Distributed Multihead X client lib
ii  libexpat1              1.95.8-3          XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libfontconfig1         2.3.1-2           generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.1.10-1          FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libfs6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Font Server library
ii  libglu1-xorg [libglu1] 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    Mesa OpenGL utility library [X.Org
ii  libice6                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.8rel-5        PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Session Management
ii  libx11-6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxau6                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Authentication library
ii  libxaw8                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Athena widget set library
ii  libxcursor1            1.1.3-1           X cursor management library
ii  libxext6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxfixes3             6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System miscellaneous 'fix
ii  libxft2                2.1.7-1           FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxinerama1           6.8.2.dfsg.1-11   X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxkbfile1            6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Keyboard Extension file parsing 
ii  libxkbui1              6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Keyboard Extension user interfac
ii  libxmu6                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxmuu1               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    lightweight X Window System miscel
ii  libxp6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System printing extension
ii  libxpm4                6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X pixmap library
ii  libxrandr2             6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.0.2-1       X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxss1                6.8.2.dfsg.1-11   X Screen Saver client-side library
ii  libxt6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  libxtrap6              6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System protocol-trapping 
ii  libxtst6               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System event recording an
ii  libxv1                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System video extension li
ii  libxxf86dga1           6.8.2.dfsg.1-11   X Direct Graphics Access extension
ii  libxxf86misc1          6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X miscellaneous extensions library
ii  libxxf86vm1            6.8.2.dfsg.1-11   X Video Mode selection library
ii  xlibmesa-gl [libgl1]   6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    Mesa 3D graphics library [X.Org]
ii  xlibs                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System client libraries m
ii  xlibs-data             6.9.0.dfsg.1-4    X Window System client data
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime

-- no debconf information

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--- Begin Message --- 
> > I can unable to use startx or xinit to start an X session with a terminal
> > emulator as the client. The command I am using is 'startx xterm'.
> > 
> > With xterm, the window appears but a shell is never run. The mouse
> > cursor flickers when it hovers over the xterm window.
> > 
> > When I try rxvt, the entire window flickers constantly; when I try
> > gnome-terminal, the window appears and then disappears and the X session
> > ends.
> > 
> Hi Sam,
> 
> are you still able to reproduce this?  I just tested
> "startx /usr/bin/xterm -- :1" and it works fine for me.
> You need to provide the full path to the client for startx to work.

I just tried it again and it seems fine now. If I don't give the full
path to the client then it seems to be ignored and the stuff from
my .xinitrc is executed instead.

The flickering/being unable to type bug seems to be totally gone. Just
gremlins, I guess.

> Cheers,
> Julien

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