On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Edenyard wrote:
> happens. I've listed it step-by-step, just to make sure I'm not
> going mad, so please bear with me:
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> So I think I've done everything that you've suggested and 'ls' seems
> to prove that 'xt' is REALLY there. I feel as though I'm about to go
> barking mad....
I'd be awfully frustrated at that point as well.
Obviously the file is there as far as ls is concerned,
and just as obviously, your shell can't see it to
execute it. Bizarre!
> Any other ideas, please? Thanks for your patience.
Here's what I did:
1) went to http://www.UnixTree.org/download.htm
2) downloaded xt-x86-linux.tar.gz to /opt
3) from xterm, 'tar -xzvf xt-x86-linux.tar.gz'
4) ARG! he tarred files instead of a directory!
5) clean up the mess in /opt
6) 'mkdir /opt/xt'
7) 'mv xt-x86-linux.tar.gz xt'
8) 'cd xt'
9) 'tar -xzvf xt-x86-linux.tar.gz'
10) './xt' --- screen blanks, cursor goes to top, can't type anything
11) 'su'
12) as root, 'xt' --- screen blanks, cursor goes to top, can't type
13) ^Z to kill, switch to user console
14) './xt' --- "is that all?"
15) navigate up and down a few directory levels
16) quit xt and go back to X
15) notice something using a LOT of system resources
16) 'top' --- shows a runaway iteration of xt using 100% of CPU
17) 'killall xt'
18) 'mc' --- opens midnight commander
19) deleted the /opt/xt directory recursively
Instead of banging your head against the wall with
xt, you might want to check out mc (midnight commander).
>From what little I saw of xt, it doesn't seem very
stable, functional, or capable. mc is all of those.
- Steve
