-Jack
j...@mediaone.net

Well, it's not really supposed to.  Your xterms aren't login shells, so
they don't source your .login file.

You should only put things in .login that you need for login shells.  If
you have stuff that you need KDE to see, you can put it in your .dtprofile
file.  If you really want your .login sourced by the desktop, make sure
the .dtprofile has DTSOURCEPROFILE=true in it.

--
Jeremy  |  jer...@exit109.com

I got the same problem myself.

The uncomment the line .dtprofile has DTSOURCEPROFILE=true in it does not
help .

        Mos

xterm parses .login if you launch it with the "-ls" parameter.

---[ erik gjertsen ]--------- -    - -      -          -

I created a file called '.kdeprofile' in my home directory.  In it, I set
anything I wanted at login time (i.e. CLASSPATH, LD_LIB, PATH ...), BUT you
should use Bourne Shell syntax, NOT C-Shell.  Also, make sure you 'export'
these envs.

Next, I edited the file startkde.patriotnet... (I forgot the whole name)
which is located in /usr/local/kde/etc (I think... it could be in 'lib'
instead of 'etc'.  Your best bet is to see where the link in
/usr/local/bin/startkde points to).  After all default values are set
(before the 'xmodmap' command), I placed this:

if [ $HOME/.kdeprofile ] ; then
    . $HOME/.kdeprofile
fi

This reads as:
    Hey, if there is a file named '.kdeprofile' in this persons home
directory, then source it (in Bourne Shell this is a dot '.').
NOTE:  Spaces are very important in Bourne Shell.  If you don't have them
between the 'if' and the '[', as well as the test and the ']', you will get
errors.  I am not sure about the ';' and the 'then', but I place them there
& they work.

Also, if you want to set some default properties for you xterm (as I do)
like scroll bars, scroll lines & colors, you can place them in a
'.Xdefaults' file and use the same stuff as above like so:

if [ $HOME/.Xdefaults ] ; then
    /usr/openwin/bin/xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xdefaults
fi

Let me know if this helps, or if you found another way.

Dan Smith

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