On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:22:10AM -0700, Rob Hudson wrote:
> I recently got Debian up on my laptop, and X working.  When I try to
> launch an xterm, however, it dies right away.
> 
> I installed KDE and then launched Konsole, and it stays up but I never
> get an active terminal I can work with.
> 
> Same with rxvt, wterm, etc.
> 
> Any clues on why I can't get a terminal in X?

Bad permissions (terms usually need to be set[ug]id)?  Bad stuff in
~/.Xauthority or ~/.Xdefaults or (/etc|/usr/X11R6/lib)/X11/app-defaults/XTerm?

Are you uing [kgx]dm or startx?

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