* Gerrit Pape: > Hi Andreas, I can't see how dash can cause this failure. The error from > gtk+ is because the real uid does not match the effective uid, but I > have no idea how dash should have changed either of them. Please check > again whether it's really the change of /bin/sh, and also post the > output of `ls -l /bin/dash`.
Sorry, I sent an incomplete mail by mistake. As I said, I can reconstruct the behavior anytime, but I forgot to give some additional information: The error only occurs when using GDM for login. If I call startxfce4 from a VT, everything works. So maybe GDM is to blame. Here's the output from ls -l: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure dash Adding `diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash‘ Adding `diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash‘ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /bin/sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-12-15 00:43 /bin/sh -> dash [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure dash Removing `diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash‘ Removing `diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to /usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash‘ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /bin/sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2007-12-15 00:43 /bin/sh -> bash Regards, Andreas -- Don't worry. Life's too long. -- Vincent Sardi, Jr. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]