Please, in xterm try this: Code: $ sudo smscon -version ## expected output is 0.9.7 $ smscon -version ## expected output is 0.9.7 $ ls -la /home/user/.smscon-editor ## expected output is drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Dec 25 16:28 . drwxr-xr-x 50 user users 4096 Dec 22 18:54 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 user users 1962 Dec 25 16:28 smscon_config Please tell me all the output of all above commands, no matter if it is expected output or not. Please do that even if you have success with following: Code: $ smscon -init! ## expected output is WARNING: Do not edit "smscon" directly. Use "/opt/smscon/smscon_config -set OPTION VALUE" instead! # (in above message "smscon" and "/opt/smscon...." is interchanged... - this got fixed in next version) WARNING: Forced to create new script file "/opt/smscon/smscon_script". WARNING: The initial script file "/opt/smscon/smscon_script" does yet nothing. Edit it directly! Tell me output of above command.
$ sudo smscon -version ## expected output is 0.9.7 $ smscon -version ## expected output is 0.9.7 $ ls -la /home/user/.smscon-editor ## expected output is drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Dec 25 16:28 . drwxr-xr-x 50 user users 4096 Dec 22 18:54 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 user users 1962 Dec 25 16:28 smscon_config
$ smscon -init! ## expected output is WARNING: Do not edit "smscon" directly. Use "/opt/smscon/smscon_config -set OPTION VALUE" instead! # (in above message "smscon" and "/opt/smscon...." is interchanged... - this got fixed in next version) WARNING: Forced to create new script file "/opt/smscon/smscon_script". WARNING: The initial script file "/opt/smscon/smscon_script" does yet nothing. Edit it directly!