Hi, I cannot repeat this problem with slang 2.2.4-12 :
root@debian:/home/amckinstry/slang/11# jed --version jed version: 0.99.19/Unix Compiled with GNU C 4.6 S-Lang version: 2.2.4 jed compile-time options: +LINE_ATTRIBUTES +BUFFER_LOCAL_VARS +SAVE_NARROW +TTY_MENUS +EMACS_LOCKING +MULTICLICK +SUBPROCESSES +DFA_SYNTAX +ABBREVS +COLOR_COLUMNS +LINE_MARKS +GPM_MOUSE +IMPORT Using JED_ROOT=/usr/share/jed root@debian:/home/amckinstry/slang/11# jed -batch -quiet -f 'vmessage("%S",_slang_install_prefix)' loading /usr/share/jed/lib/site.slc loading /usr/share/jed/lib/os.sl loading /usr/share/jed/lib/menus.slc loading /usr/share/jed/lib/defaults.sl loading /etc/jed.d/05jed-common.sl Reading -quiet loading /usr/share/jed/lib/textmode.slc loading /usr/share/jed/lib/modeinfo.slc /usr Can you please send a copy of your .jedrc ? Thanks Alastair On 2012-05-30 00:38, Omen Wild wrote: > Package: libslang2 > Version: 2.2.4-12 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > Dear Maintainer, > > With the latest version of libslang2 (2.2.4-12) jed fails to start. > When I try to load a new instance I get the following errors: > --- begin > Unable to open emacs. Check the value of the S-Lang load path. > Unable to open modeinfo. Check the value of the S-Lang load path. > Open failed > --- end > > Attempting to debug the S-Lang load path shows: > --- begin > 0 > jed -batch -quiet -f 'vmessage("%S",_slang_install_prefix)' > loading /usr/share/jed/lib/site.sl > loading /usr/share/jed/lib/os.sl > loading /usr/share/jed/lib/menus.sl > loading /home/omen/.jedrc > Reading -quiet > Unable to open textmode. Check the value of the S-Lang load path. > --- end > > The problem seems to be that the /etc/jed.d/ files are not loaded. > Downgrading libslang2 to 2.2.4-10 makes the problem go away and jed > functions correctly. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: wheezy/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 3.3.4-ck1-1 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages libslang2 depends on: > ii libc6 2.13-32 > ii multiarch-support 2.13-32 > > Versions of packages libslang2 recommends: > ii libpng12-0 1.2.49-1 > > libslang2 suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > -- Alastair McKinstry , <alast...@sceal.ie> , <mckins...@debian.org> http://blog.sceal.ie Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist - Kenneth Boulter, Economist. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org