Package: xbase-clients Version: 4.2.1-3 Severity: normal I found a bug in startx script. It tries to identify hostname version, with hostname --version but hostname prints its version to stderr, not stdout. Therefore the version printed to stderr and the startx script cannot get the version string.
Here is the small patch: --- cut --- --- /usr/bin/X11/startx 2002-10-16 22:14:22.000000000 +0200 +++ startx 2002-10-30 22:23:23.000000000 +0100 @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ # set up default Xauth info for this machine case `uname` in Linux*) - if [ -z "`hostname --version | grep GNU`" ]; then + if [ -z "`hostname --version 2>&1 | grep GNU`" ]; then hostname=`hostname -f` else hostname=`hostname` --- paste --- KARASZI Istvan -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Kernel Version: Linux tulip 2.4.19 #1 Thu Aug 29 11:53:33 CEST 2002 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 866MHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Versions of the packages xbase-clients depends on: ii cpp 2.95.4-17 The GNU C preprocessor. ii debconf 1.2.13 Debian configuration management system ii libc6 2.3.1-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libdps1 4.2.1-3 Display PostScript (DPS) client library ii libfreetype6 2.1.2-10 FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a- Shared libraries for terminal handling ii libxaw7 4.2.1-3 X Athena widget set library ii xlibmesa3 4.2.1-3 XFree86 version of Mesa 3D graphics library ii xlibs 4.2.1-3 X Window System client libraries ii xlibmesa3 4.2.1-3 XFree86 version of Mesa 3D graphics library ^^^ (Provides virtual package libgl1) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]