On 01/10/03 12:56 PM, Dan Espen sat at the `puter and typed:
> Louis LeBlanc <fvwm_at_keyslapper.org> writes:
> > Hey all. I've been away for some time (got my fvwm config tweaked
> > just where I wanted it) and now something has happened.
> >
> > I recently upgraded to fvwm2.4.14 on FreeBSD, but hadn't gotten around
> > to restarting the system yet. Then last night, we lost power for
> > awhile, and when it came back, the system came up great - except for X
> > and Fvwm.
> >
> > I narrowed down and solved most of the problems, but now I have Fvwm
> > starting with my usual desktop and menus, but the menus and any exec
> > hotkeys don't seem to work. Any time I try to exec something from the
> > menus, I simply get a message in the log that says:
> > Abort trap
> >
> > and that's it. Nothing else.
>
> Something is calling the abort() function.
>
> Since Fvwm is still running, it doesn't sound like fvwm.
>
> When you "exec" something, Fvwm looks for the config command
> "ExecUseShell" and then $SHELL, otherwise it uses /bin/sh.
>
> Look for an ExecUseShell command, then look at $SHELL.
> If either is set, try to use them to start a program.
> Otherwise try to use /bin/sh to start a program.
>
> --
> Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
Hmm. Not sure if this sheds any light . . .
I found no ExecUseShell commands in my config, but . . .
-bash-2.05b$ echo $SHELL
/usr/local/bin/bash
-bash-2.05b$ /usr/local/bin/bash xterm
xterm: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Permission denied
-bash-2.05b$ /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Can't open /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm: Permission denied
-bash-2.05b$
Permission denied? I must be doing something wrong there. I usually
just type in the command from the prompt. Typing in xterm from the
bash shell pops up a terminal immediately. Ditto if I switch to
/bin/sh.
I'll keep looking.
Thanks
Lou
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Received on Fri Jan 10 2003 - 12:17:23 GMT