[email protected] (Todd Gruhn) writes: >I got it working, when I log in, this happens: >'gandalf$ ' ---> '$' >How do I set PS? A specific .* file?
Your .profile isn't executed when you log in with xdm. One possibility is to treat every terminal (xterm) as a login terminal where the shell executes the .profile. Most people find that confusing, but it has the advantage that a changed profile is used by any new xterm. The more common method is to set a profile for the whole xdm session and let environment variables be inherited by the window manager any process launched from it. The latter is done by providing your own custom $HOME/.xsession file that replaces the system /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession (or /usr/pkg/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession with modular X). The session file is not a profile script. Easiest is to copy the system file and adapt it.
