Some time in the past few months, xterm has forgotten how to write to the utmp file again. When I first started using Debian (0.93R6) this was broken, then it got fixed, now it's broken again. There seems to be an ever-active shell game when it comes to the format of the utmp file.
To observe this, start a bunch of xterms and then do a "w". Whose job is it to resolve this behavior (libc? xfree86? someone else?), and is it on tap for the next release of xbase/whatever? FYI, if this annoys you as much as does me, try adding the following line to ~/.Xresources : XTerm*utmpInhibit: true Better to have no entries at all than ugly ones. -- G. Branden Robinson | Purdue University | Exercise your freedom of religion. Set [EMAIL PROTECTED] | fire to a church of your choice. http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
