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On 2005-07-25 01:48:32 -0700 (Mon, Jul), Hareesh Nagarajan wrote: |
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> Hi All: |
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> Everytime I invoke a new instance of ETerm or XTerm, they appear on |
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> the screen momentarily and then disappear. A ps -ef | grep $TERM shows |
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> nothing, which proves that these processes died almost as soon as they |
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> were spawned. |
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I don't thing that the variable TERM holds the proper terminal-program |
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name. It's your current terminal type. |
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pgrep -l term |
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or |
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ps -ef | grep term |
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seems better. |
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> When I invoke Konsole, the window appears but the prompt never makes |
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> it to the screen. |
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check the file ~/.xsession-errors - all stdout and stderr could go |
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there. |
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> I have no idea why I am facing this problem, because in the last boot it worked. |
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> Any hints? |
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did you do some upgrade recently? |
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run revdep-rebuild ? |
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run: eterm (or whatever) > some_log_file 2>&1 |
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maybe some problem with fonts ? |
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bash initialization problem? |
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HTH |
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-- |
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No virus found in this outgoing message. |
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Checked by 'grep -i virus $MESSAGE' |
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Trust me. |
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