[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Benjamin T. White) writes: > xrdb: can't run '/lib/cpp -traditional -Dlinux -D__i386__ -DPOSIX-SOURCE > ...extensive option list generated by xrdb...
This is a known problem with older versions of xrdb. There was a memory allocation bug that *sometimes* caused it to crash. It happened on one of my machines, but not on the other. Upgrading to a new enough xbase should solve the problem, or alternatively you can solve it like this. As root: mv /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb-crufty echo '#!/bin/sh' > /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb echo >> /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb echo 'LD_PRELOAD=libgnumalloc.so.5 xrdb-crufty $*' >> /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb This will make xrdb a script that runs the old xrdb with the old memory allocator that avoids (masks) the bug. -- Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
