On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 18:00 +0200, Martin Godisch wrote: > On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 12:23:07 +0100, Sam Morris wrote: > > > + findcmd x-terminal-emulator > > + IFS=: > > + for i in '$PATH' > > + '[' -x /usr/local/bin/x-terminal-emulator ']' > > + for i in '$PATH' > > + '[' -x /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator ']' > > + result=/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator > > + IFS= > > + return 0 > > + exec /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator -T minicom -e minicom -m -c on > > What happens, when you start x-terminal-emulator, and inside it, > manually, minicom?
Argh, I'm an idiot: minicom: cannot open /dev/ttyS1: Permission denied Still, how about the xminicom script looking at the exit status of minicom, and if it exited with a non-zero state, displaying 'press any key to continue', or otherwise allowing the user to see any error messages that may have been generated? > Martin -- Sam Morris http://robots.org.uk/ PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078
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