"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 19 November 2008, "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about > 'Re: Which files do > what: .bashrc and friends': >>1) Is a login shell run when the user logs onto KDE (even though he >>does not see a konsole window)? > > Nope a login shell is when bash is executed with the -l option, or having > an argv[0] starting with '-'. > > If you want things to run when KDE starts up, you can use .kde/env > and .kde/Autostart. All readable files in .kde/env are sourced by > the /usr/bin/startkde script, which is run by /bin/sh. All .desktop files > in .kde/Autostart are "activated" (by kdeinit or somesuch, around the same > time your session is restored; .desktop file are like things in KMenu, they > might open a file, start a program, whatever). >
Aha! I assumed since kdm was where KDE users login from, then it must call .*profile in the process. Seems strange that you could be logged in without having actually encountered a login shell. Google gave me this, which helped to explain it: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-350855.html Cheers, Tyler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
