On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:16:31 +0930 "Brian Schroeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> It looks to me that xterm isn't crashing, it's merely finishing the
> command it was
> given and exiting nicely.  Try running something that stays around for a
> 
> while
> instead of "pwd" - eg. "xclock" of "vi a.tmp".
> 
> Brian

Doh!    xterm -e "pwd; sleep 5"


> 
> >From: Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >On 22 Jun 2003 15:51:55 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone else noticed this... In 9.1 no matter what wm you use if
> > > you do
> > >
> > > xterm -e pwd (or any other command)
> > >
> > >
> > > the term window opens and crashes immediately.  With no error in
> > > messages or anywhere else.  This is true with xterm rxvt konsole
> > > gnome-terminal... all of them.
> > >
> > >
> > > James
> >
> >You're right....  as user or root...  even "strace xterm -e pwd" (or
> >any other command) dies with a clue which I don't have time to
> >research...
> 
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