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Bug 448942 - Error starting a command in a separate terminal
Error starting a command in a separate terminal
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-commander
Classification: Other
Component: application
1.2.x
Other All
: Normal normal
: 1.2.5
Assigned To: epiotr
epiotr
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-06-18 22:38 UTC by boga
Modified: 2008-02-18 19:36 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description boga 2007-06-18 22:38:31 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
An attempt to start any command (including empty command) by Shift-Enter starts gnome-terminal which shows "There was an error creating the child process for this terminal" error.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Using Ubuntu 7.04
2. Press Shift-Enter in the main window


Actual results:
See above

Expected results:
A command being executed in a separate terminal

Does this happen every time?
Yes

Other information:
Comment 1 boga 2007-06-18 23:13:33 UTC 
The problem disappears when replacing gnome-terminal with xterm in Settings -> Options -> Programs -> Terminal or with "xterm -e gnome-terminal -e %s"
Comment 2 Casual J. Programmer 2007-12-25 18:06:39 UTC 
In openSuse 11.0 alpha 0, gnome-commander 1.2.4, nothing happens at all when pressing SHIFT+ENTER, but when executing "open with" from the context ( right click ) menu and checking "needs terminal" behavior is as described above.

To reproduce:

right click an item, choose open with other..,type "a" in Application and check "needs terminal"

If gnome-terminal is configured, it opens and states:

There was an error creating the child process for this terminal and no prompt appears,the terminalis not usable.

If xterm is configured, it opens an states:

bash: a: command not found
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The program has now finished, press Enter to close this window
Comment 3 iron.bone 2008-02-18 16:34:28 UTC 
The same sytuation in openSuse 10.3 + Gnome
Comment 4 epiotr 2008-02-18 19:36:58 UTC 
This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Thank you for your bug report.