Julien BLACHE wrote on Sun, 07.08.2005: > CAiRO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > When I try to open the xsane help (e.g. by pressing F1), I get an > > error message: > > > > "Failed to execute documentation viewer: /usr/bin/sensible-browser: > > No such file or directory" (without the quotes) > > Well, obviously it works here on all my machines. What browser are you > using ?
/usr/bin/sensible-browser starts Konqueror over here. Which one are you using? Is /usr/bin/sensible-browser a perl script over there? I don't understand how it could possibly ever work over there. > > I've installed '/usr/bin/sensible-browser' as part of the > > debianutils package. I can start '/usr/bin/sensible-browser' from a > > normal aterm without any problems. The problem is that xsane uses > > execvp to run '/usr/bin/sensible-browser' which is a perl script and > > not a binary. I could fix the problem on my box by replacing > > '/usr/bin/sensible-browser' with 'sh -c /usr/bin/sensible-browser' > > in 02_docviewer.dpatch. Though, this probably a rather ugly > > solution. > > I totally fail to see why it would work this way and not otherwise. I don't understand why you fail to see it. What of my explanation do you not understand? I could only repeat what I've said before. The execvp function seems to expect a binary and not a perl script. A shell is needed to parse the first line from /usr/bin/sensible-browser and start a perl interpreter. After reading the man page of 'execvp' again, I see that 'execve' seems to start a shell as last resort if the file can't be executed. So replacing 'execvp' with 'execve' might also solve the problem. (untested) Also see the man page of 'execve'. Regards, CAiRO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
