On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:04:16 -0000 (GMT) "Neil E. Sprinlan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Denny White wrote: > > > The other problem is, when I'm on the desktop in an xterm > > window, it's as though the settings in .profile like my > > aliases I have setup, aren't recognized, like they're not > > in the current environment settings. > > xsession or xinitrc files don't source your .profile. > you need to start xterm with the '-ls' option or the loginShell > resource set to TRUE to have the shell executed in them source it. > Or put your settings in ~/.xsession (for xdm) or ~/.xinitrc (for > startx). http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#ksh Ben
