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