Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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 $SHELL, otherwise it uses /bin/sh. > > Hmm. Not sure if this sheds any light . . . > > -bash-2.05b$ 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.
The permission denied message is an indication of a problem, it shouldn't be happening. I don't know exactly what it is. I guess I'd first look at the permissions on the files. All of them. Then run "file" on each. Then run the whole thing under strace: strace -f /bin/sh /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm 2>/tmp/strace.out Then look in /tmp/strace.out for whats causing the permission denied. Its a little odd that you have bash installed in /usr/local, I guess thats normal for FreeBSD? -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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]
