[Eug-lug] bad terms

[Jacob Meuser]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:57:44AM -0700, Rob Hudson wrote:
> 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"

missing info.  which group?

> ~/.Xauthority is rw by me only.
> I don't have a ~/.Xdefaults

what about the app-defaults directory?

> > Are you uing [kgx]dm or startx?
> 
> kdm.

i don't use kdm. maybe some kdehead has an idea?

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