On Friday 14 November 2003 02:06 am, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 11:15:43AM -0500, Josh Metzler wrote: > > I did a fresh install of Debian using the new debian-installer. I only > > installed the base packages. I then dist-upgraded to unstable. I > > installed xfree86 4.3.0-pre1v4 with no previous version of x installed. > > I also installed KDE from unstable. > > > > I was unable to login as a normal user using KDM. So, I tried > > > > ~$ startx > > -bash: startx: command not found > > > > After some searching, I finally checked the permissions on > > /usr/X11R6/bin and found: > > > > ~# ls -l /usr/X11R6 > > total 16 > > drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Nov 11 10:23 bin > > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 11 09:14 include > > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 11 09:17 include > > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Nov 11 09:17 include > > > > doing a "chmod +rx /usr/X11R6/bin" fixed everything for me. I suggest > > checking what permissions the experimental xbase-clients sets on this > > directory. > > I've heard a few reports of this, but I am totally stumped by what could > be causing this. The xfree86 packages almost certainly appear to *not* > be at fault, as the attached data collected auric.debian.org (Debian's > master archive) illustrates. > > Do you have any other packages that ship this directory? > > The command "dpkg -S usr/X11R6/bin" should tell you.
You are right. I had assumed it was an XFree86 package that had created the directory, but gv must have gotten installed first. This bug was filed against gv yesterday (#221042).
