Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory) ...

From	Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory) ...
Date	2016-09-21 20:40 +0200
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On 09/21/2016 11:20 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anthony Baldwin wrote:
>> giving the full path in the rc.xml doesn't seem to make
>> any difference.
>
> Are you sure openbox is aware of the change ?
> (Did you restart it ? Does it react immediately on newly added
>  key combinations ?)

Normally, yes, OBx would, indeed reload, the configurations in its 
rc.xml file upon a --restart and immediately implement any changes.
>
>
>> Yes, the $PATH is set in my .bashrc...
>> Wait.. Is this why I can start them in a terminal, but openbox can't?
>
> Possibly.
>
> It depends on when and by what entity the openbox window manager was
> started and whether it uses PATH to find commands.
> If the starter was some kind of shell, then it probably has forwarded
> its own PATH variable to openbox. If it was something more fancy, then
> behavior depends on the mood of its developers.
>
> You could put a script into /usr/bin (where it will be found, i hope),
> let it print the PATH to a file, bind it to a key combination, and
> look what it writes into the file:
>   #!/bin/sh
>   echo "$PATH" >/tmp/my_openbox_test_for_PATH
>
> But if PATH was to blame, then an absolute program path should have
> helped. If it came into effect, that is.

So it's not likely a path problem it seems..

Thanks,
Tony
>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
>


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Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory) ... "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-09-21 17:20 +0200
  Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory) ... Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-09-21 17:30 +0200
  Re: Failed to execute child process (no such file or directory) ... Anthony Baldwin <baldwinlinguas@gmx.com> - 2016-09-21 20:40 +0200

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