Package: xbase-clients Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Severity: normal Hello,
I can not use startx to launch an X session, looking at the problem I find a missing $ in the script. I attach a patch to that message. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14+thorr.1 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages xbase-clients depends on: ii cpp 4:4.0.2-2 The GNU C preprocessor (cpp) ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdmx1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Distributed Multihead X client lib ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libfs6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Font Server library ii libglu1-xorg [libglu1] 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Mesa OpenGL utility library [X.Org ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5 PNG library - runtime ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Session Management ii libxau6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Authentication library ii libxaw8 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Athena widget set library ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxfixes3 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous 'fix ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Input extension li ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System multi-head display ii libxkbfile1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Keyboard Extension file parsing ii libxkbui1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Keyboard Extension user interfac ii libxmu6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxmuu1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 lightweight X Window System miscel ii libxp6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System printing extension ii libxpm4 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X pixmap library ii libxrandr2 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System Resize, Rotate and ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxss1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Screen Saver client-side library ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii libxtrap6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System protocol-trapping ii libxtst6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System event recording an ii libxv1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System video extension li ii libxxf86dga1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Direct Graphics Access extension ii libxxf86misc1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X miscellaneous extensions library ii libxxf86vm1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Video Mode selection library ii xlibmesa-gl [libgl1] 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 Mesa 3D graphics library [X.Org] ii xlibs 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client libraries m ii xlibs-data 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1 X Window System client data ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime xbase-clients recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
--- startx.orig 2005-12-31 16:52:17.479117656 +0100 +++ startx 2005-12-31 16:51:56.072299121 +0100 @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ EOF removelist="$displayname $removelist" else - dummy=$((dummy+1)); + dummy=$(($dummy+1)); /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth -q -f $xserverauthfile << EOF add :$dummy . $authcookie EOF