From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 313 invoked by alias); 21 Mar 2010 14:14:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 305 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Mar 2010 14:14:18 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com (HELO mail-fx0-f224.google.com) (209.85.220.224) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:14:13 +0000 Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so942924fxm.3 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:14:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.183.145 with SMTP id u17mr144102hbg.145.1269180851034; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:14:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <19363.59652.432106.651720@yeti.mininet> References: <20100319105425.45455xuj4rc1xl2s@webmail.df.eu> <4BA3A7D0.3000300@dronecode.org.uk> <19363.59652.432106.651720@yeti.mininet> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:14:00 -0000 Message-ID: <416096c61003210714i2468823aj67f2343e2122f4b4@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: problems starting xterm From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-xfree-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-03/txt/msg00072.txt.bz2 Markus Hoenicka: >>>xterm: Could not exec 4.90.2.20040617: No such file or directory > Jon TURNEY: >> Google suggests '4.90.2.20040617' is a novell netware client version. > > Good catch. I use a Windoze client on a Netware network at work, so > this client is likely to be installed. But then, why would xterm try > to run that client??? Actually it's trying to invoke that client's version number as a program, which is even more weird. There are only three places that could come from: the SHELL environment variable, the /etc/passwd file, and a -e option on xterm's command line. Andy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/