That was exactly the problem. I use bash at work and tcsh at home and I apparently got my syntax mixed up. Everything works again (including Quake3!). Thanks, - Jared On Tue-25- 9-01 01:38 pm, you wrote: > Jared Burns wrote: > > Interesting. > > > > After I log into the console, if I echo $PATH, it shows "/usr/X11R6/bin" > > as the last entry. However, if I add "echo $PATH" at the top of my > > /usr/X11R6/bin/startx script, the last entry says "/usr/X11R6/bin=". I > > don't know where the '=' is coming from, but that seems to be the > > problem. > > > > If I do as someone (I'm writing this from work where I don't have my full > > email history) suggested, startx succeeds, with a path that ends with > > "/usr/X11R6/bin=:/usr/X11R6/bin" When I get home from work, I'll try to > > track down where that extra '=' is coming from. > > Sounds like it's crossing shells, if you have something like > setenv PATH=/usr/X11R6/bin > > you'll end up with the trailing = (cause it's bash/sh notation in a > csh/tcsh shell) > try setenv PATH /usr/X11R6/bin instead > > Eric > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list