[Eug-lug] bad terms

[Rob Hudson]

On 20040430.1139, Jacob Meuser said ...

> 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?

ls -l /usr/bin/X11/xterm shows "-rwxr-sr-x"
~/.Xauthority is rw by me only.
I don't have a ~/.Xdefaults

> Are you uing [kgx]dm or startx?

kdm.