Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> writes: > Csanyi Pal wrote: >> Bob Proulx writes: >> > Try running with a clean environment. The 'env -i' command can do >> > this by starting off a command with a clean environment. >> > >> > $ env -i PATH=/usr/bin:/bin HOME=$HOME DISPLAY=$DISPLAY \ >> > password-gorilla >> >> With this command I can run password-gorilla successfully. >> >> > If the above works for you (it does for me) then there is a problem >> > with an environment variable. Find it and fix it and you won't >> > need the environment initialization cleaning anymore. >> >> I shall find and fix it. > > It is also possible that PATH itself is a problem. In which case you > can keep your normal environment but just modify PATH. Try this > without the -i option. That won't initialize to a clean environment > but will simply overwrite PATH. > > $ env PATH=/usr/bin:/bin password-gorilla
With this command I can run password-gorilla successfully too. > That is almost the same as this next using just the shell but without > env. The difference is that using env is a shell independent and > portable way to ensure that you are running a program instead of an > alias or a shell function. > > $ PATH=/usr/bin:/bin password-gorilla With this command I can run password-gorilla successfully too. > If those work then the problem is in your PATH variable. You may be > overriding some component that is not compatible. If those don't work > then the problem is in some other environment variable. I shall search for such component. > I have about thirty environment variables set in my environment > without X running and running X adds another twenty. You will need to > inspect those and try to find the problem. But at least you know it > is there somewhere. And then after finding the problem you will then > still need to figure out how to correct it. Because if you are > running a heavy desktop such as GNOME or KDE then those will be > setting a lot of those variables without your direct control. I'm running Window Maker but not GNOME nor KDE. -- Regards, Pal <http://cspl.me> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87wrcl3mbu.fsf@debian-asztal.excito
