%% "Klaus" <klaus_at_imprint.uwaterloo.ca> writes:
k> I'm not sure if this is an X problem, or an fvwm problem, so please
k> bear with me...
k> Anyway... if I run xinit or startx or xdm, the window manager will
k> spawn items, and start to run, BUT, it's impossible to start an
k> xterm window; my xinits don't get run, and my menu won't execute
k> them from fvwm2 itself.
k> So the question I have is just what the hell *is* happening? Even
k> xinit without running a window manager refuses to spawn one measly
k> xterm
Then this doesn't sound like a window manager issue.
First, I assume you've checked the obvious: xterm exists on your path,
if you use "ldd /path/to/xterm" it doesn't print any errors about shared
libs, etc.
Some other things:
1) try running xterm with a full path and -display explicitly:
/path/to/xterm -display :0.0
2) try running it without X running; does it do anything odd before the
expected "can't connect" error?
3) Clean out your .Xdefaults file of any xterm stuff; better yet,
rename it completely. Ditto for any XUSERFILESEARCHPATH stuff you
may have, if you use it. Does this help?
4) Run startx with redirection to a log:
startx >.Xerrorlog 2>&1
(sh syntax) Does anything show up in there?
5) Can you get a copy of rxvt or some other terminal emulator? If you
can start _some_ kind of shell when X is running, invoke xterm from
there in the foreground and see if it prints anything, or returns,
or what.
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Received on Fri Feb 19 1999 - 14:21:52 GMT