On Sat 2006.05.13 at 13:16 -0400, Peter Fraser wrote: > If you install a new 3.9 system, and enable X windows > (The only package I installed was emacs) > > Create a new userid with ksh as its shell > and sign on though X. > > ~/.profile does not get executed > > Nor does ~/.profile get executed then a > new xterm is created using the left click > menu in the background. > > I expect this related to my earlier messages > about .profile and ksh.
man xterm - see loginShell you can change defaults here: /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm or in ~/.Xresources
