[daSilVetZ]

Im not quite sure how to describe my problem. Basically, I've searched the forum and I found someone else with the same problem here . However, I've tried everything, from editing a new .xinitrc and including source /sw/bin/init.sh , i tired setting a new PATH in it, i tried adding . /sw/bin/init.sh in my .profile (as indicated in init.sh), and ive tried every single combination of the above. I also made the environment.plist as suggested in the other thread. What I dont understand, is that if I open a normal Terminal.app (with or without Apple X11 running), and type, say, gkrellm it runs! Therefore the PATH is set correctly. Also when I run X11, and type gkrellm frm an xterm, it runs aswell. So where is my problem ? Well, my problem is that the only way to run these programs from the X11 "Application" menu, is by putting /sw/bin/gkrellm or /sw/bin/gimp .. Just "gkrellm" or "gimp" wont work. Another problem (which is linked i beleive), when I run Fink Commander, and try to install something from there it gives my the followig error (3d pong is an example);

Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
3dpong
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 33.3kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Get:1 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2/release/main 3dpong 0.4-2 [33.3kB]
Fetched 33.3kB in 0s (40.8kB/s)
dpkg: `update-rc.d' not found on PATH.
dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH.
NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and /sbin.
E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

The only way for me to install packages is manually via Terminal usind sudo apt-get install "packagename" .

Any insight/help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[xtal]

Hmmm...

Do you have Fink Commander set to use unstable packages?

[daSilVetZ]

No, although ive tried setting it to use unstable packages aswell (for other reasons), to the same effect.

Edit: I dont understand :/ under Terminal or xterm if i type echo $PATH :

[daSilVetZ:~] dasilvetz% echo $PATH
/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/dasilvetz:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

which just confirms what i said earlier. If the path is correctly set, then why wont apps run from the menu, and why do i get errors under fink commander then?!



New Edit: As a picture is worth a thousand words (or so they say) here is a screenshot of my fink commander. Notice the error, but also notice the path in FC's prefs is set correctly

[daSilVetZ]

ok i fixed my fink commander problem by adding /sw/sbin manually to the prefs. but i still have the x11 issue. ie the path seems to be set, (when i run gkrellm from the terminal app or xterm in x11 it works) but if i just put the command (without /sw/bin/ infront) in the app menu it wont run.