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HeroXx
January 6th, 2009, 05:57 PM
Hiya!

I am trying to run srcds under gnome through a launch shortcut that runs the command xterm -e cd /home/administrator/css1 however when I run that command it will give an error:

xterm: cannot execvp cd: No such file or directory

Then when I run cd /home/administrator/css1 in that same window it will work...
blazemore
January 6th, 2009, 08:10 PM
xterm -e "cd /home/administrator/css1"
HeroXx
January 7th, 2009, 12:33 PM
When I set that it just flashes up and disappears :S
blazemore
January 7th, 2009, 01:09 PM
xterm -e "cd /home/administrator/css1 &&"
HeroXx
January 7th, 2009, 05:47 PM
Same result.
HeroXx
January 7th, 2009, 08:31 PM
Anyone?
blazemore
January 8th, 2009, 06:14 AM
Why don't you use gnome-terminal instead of xterm?
gnome-terminal -e "cd /home/administrator/css1 &&"
HeroXx
January 11th, 2009, 12:52 PM
This gives a strange problem:

http://www.rush-gaming.co.uk/wtf.jpg
HeroXx
January 11th, 2009, 11:02 PM
Help :(
tonytr
January 12th, 2009, 03:25 AM
How about something like this:

xterm -e "cd /tmp; /bin/bash" &
HeroXx
January 13th, 2009, 10:19 PM
xterm: cannot execvp cd: No such file or directory
tonytr
January 14th, 2009, 12:36 AM
Very odd. "cd" is a built-in utility in the shell. What is your default shell?

Does this work or produce a similar error?
xterm -e "pwd ; /bin/bash" &
HeroXx
January 14th, 2009, 11:10 PM
xterm: Can't execvp pwd ; /bin/bash: No such file or directory
HeroXx
January 15th, 2009, 12:08 PM
Bump
HeroXx
January 15th, 2009, 10:54 PM
:(
HeroXx
January 16th, 2009, 09:29 AM
No-one has had this problem before?
HeroXx
January 18th, 2009, 04:48 PM
Still bumping, anyone know anywhere else to look for help?