On the affected system, is the xf86 rpm installed? Try: rpm -qa | grep xf86
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bb/etc> rpm -qf /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm xf86-4.2.0-87 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/bb/etc> rpm -qa | grep xf86 xf86_glx-4.2.0-87 xf86tools-0.1-136 xf86-4.2.0-87 ------------------------------------------------------- Josh Heinze [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator 773.834.8336 NSIT - DCS - Systems Engineering and Administration The University of Chicago security = 1/convenience On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Terry Spaulding wrote: > I do not have the links you show on your SLES8 for xterm. > > I checked another SLES8 and they are there. This is strange. I am > installing from scratch (5) SLES8's one after the other with all the same > options. The first one does not have the xterm link. The second Linux does. > I am puzzled on why one does and one does not ?? > > Choosing the same default install options. > > linux01:/usr/X11R6/bin # cat /etc/SuSE-release > SuSE SLES-8 (S/390) > VERSION = 8.1 > linux01:/usr/X11R6/bin > > linux01:/usr/X11R6/bin # uname -a > Linux linux01 2.4.19-3suse-SMP #1 SMP Wed Nov 6 22:34:43 UTC 2002 s390 > unknown > linux01:/usr/X11R6/bin # > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Josh wrote: > I'm running SLES8 and /usr/bin/xterm is a link to /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm > > Does /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm exist, and have execute perms? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ls -l `which xterm` > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2003-04-24 18:18 /usr/bin/xterm > -> ../X11R6/bin/xterm > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 414532 2002-11-05 17:58 > /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks .................... > > Terry L. Spaulding > IBM Global Services > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
