Package: xterm Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Severity: important Line 5 of /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm is: program=xterm
If the x-terminal-emulator alternative is pointed at uxterm, then launching just "xterm" runs uxterm again (since /usr/bin/xterm -> /etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator), recursing infinitely. Better would be: program=/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 Versions of packages xterm depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libexpat1 1.95.6-8 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libfontconfig1 2.2.3-1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxft2 2.1.2-6 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X pixmap library ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m ii xlibs-data 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client data -- no debconf information