problems starting xterm

[Andy Koppe]

Markus Hoenicka:
>>>xterm: Could not exec 4.90.2.20040617: No such file or directory

> Jon TURNEY:
>> Google suggests '4.90.2.20040617' is a novell netware client version.
>
> Good catch. I use a Windoze client on a Netware network at work, so
> this client is likely to be installed. But then, why would xterm try
> to run that client???

Actually it's trying to invoke that client's version number as a
program, which is even more weird. There are only three places that
could come from: the SHELL environment variable, the /etc/passwd file,
and a -e option on xterm's command line.

Andy

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