Quickswitch Error...

swingarm · Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2002 4:56 pm Post subject: Quickswitch Error...

Everytime I run the switchto command I get this:

MyGentoo root # switchto gentoostatic
QuickSwitch 0.16 Mohit Muthanna, Paul Seamons 2002
Using service: gentoostatic
Insecure $ENV{IFS} while running with -T switch at /usr/bin/switchto line 635.

What is it and how do I fix it?

Kent

swingarm · Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2002 11:32 pm Post subject:

Just to add to my original post:

-I am using Quickswitch 1.0pre1(even though my error says 0.16)

-It works fine on command line(before I load KDE)

swingarm · Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2002 4:45 am Post subject:

More on what I've found out:

-I only get the above error in Eterm, it works in Konsole and Powershell but the "Using service:" is blank

-Had to switch to Pump after problems with Dhcpcd

Since I just loaded this Sunday I'm thinking about wiping out the whole thing and trying again especially since a newer version of GCC 3.2 is out.

Kent

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

Quickswitch seems to be a perl app. running in taint mode and not like the IFS setting. After launching eterm, try doing:

swingarm · Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2002 1:51 pm Post subject:

Cool, that fixed it. 2 things:

Is there a way to "unset IFS" when I open an Eterm window(something like "Eterm --unset IFS")?

Will this screw up anything else I run, that uses Perl, in Eterm?

Thanks,
Kent

Naan Yaar · Bodhisattva Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 1549

Putting "unset IFS" in .bashrc should work. Not sure about how to set it through an Eterm command itself since I don't use it.

IFS does not have to be set typically. Not sure why Eterm wants to set it. I doubt that things will break because it is not set (it is usually the other way around).