#1 2016-08-08 11:05:20

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gexec error (solved)

I removed roxterm and now gexec gives me this error when I select Run in Terminal Emulator:
Error: Failed to execute child process "roxterm" (File o directory non esistente)
for change to evilvte or urxvt?

Last edited by 0-day (2016-08-08 13:03:58)

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Re: gexec error (solved)

gexec creates a ~/.gexec file (note that there is no "rc" at the end) when it is first run, one of the lines in that file sets the default terminal. Edit the file with your text editor of choice.

Usually the default is xterm, is xterm not installed by default in antiX?

Download the source tarball from the debian repository - (all are version 0.4-1) and read the README file it is more complete than the man page.

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Re: gexec error (solved)

Thanks!!

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Re: gexec error (solved)

Is roxterm the default terminal for antiX?

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Re: gexec error (solved)

yes but i replaced it with evilvte

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Re: gexec error (solved)

Ok.

You may have cause some problems when you uninstalled roxterm then.

Xterm may have been a symlink to roxterm - which is why gexec gave you an error. Open evilvte and see if you can run xterm from a terminal, or get an error that it doesn't exist.

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Re: gexec error (solved)

I solved it by changing roxterm with EvilVTE in .gexec file

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Re: gexec error (solved)

You fixed gexec.

If xterm exists as a broken symlink and not an actual binary it can cause some other problems if another application makes default calls to xterm.

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Re: gexec error (solved)

$ xterm
bash: xterm: comando non trovato

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Re: gexec error (solved)

Best fix would be to go ahead and install xterm.

Can't remember if that is part of the x11-apps - so you'll get xclock, xcalc and a couple others. No problem, actually a good thing if you're going to use a minimal window manager like evilwm for daily production.

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