On 01/10/03 12:56 PM, Dan Espen sat at the `puter and typed: > Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 $SHELL. > If either is set, try to use them to start a program. > Otherwise try to use /bin/sh to start a program. > > -- > Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmm. Not sure if this sheds any light . . . I found no ExecUseShell commands in my config, but . . . -bash-2.05b$ 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 -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ The Third Law of Photography: If you did manage to get any good shots, they will be ruined when someone inadvertently opens the darkroom door and all of the dark leaks out. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
