On 2026-03-04, Otto Moerbeek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 03:52:12PM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > > .profile is only read by login shells (see man ksh). By default xterm > do not start a login shell. Adding -ls to the xterm command line is > one way of fixing that.
the .Xdefaults file installed by default for new OpenBSD accounts does set XTerm*loginShell:true though. >> Hi Antony your solution does not work for me. if I add `. .profile` on the >> top of the .xsession I am in login infinite loop (xenodm) - so I had to >> uncomment this line >> >> openbsd$ cat .profile >> # $OpenBSD: dot.profile,v 1.8 2022/08/10 07:40:37 >> # >> # sh/ksh initialization >> >> PATH=$HOME/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/l/sbin >> export PATH HOME TERM >> export HISTFILE=~/.ksh_history >> export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 >> export ENV=$HOME/.kshrc >> export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH >> >> openbsd$ cat .xsession >> #. .profile >> >> export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 >> xcompmgr -cCfF & >> xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources >> i3 >> >> openbsd$ cat .kshrc >> alias ll='ls -lh' >> alias vim='nvim' >> >> #PS1='$$\e[32m$$\u@\h$$\e[33m$$ \w$$\e[0m$$ $ ' >> >> Regarding what I am trying to achieve is just simple I want to set some >> alias for start you probably don't want those aliases in your .xsession, just in the shells started from your WM. normally you'd just set the environment variables that would be needed for X software in .xsession (e.g. LC_CTYPE, maybe PATH, maybe things like MOZ_ACCELERATED=1 / MOZ_WEBRENDER=1 if you use them) and you'd set things needed for your interactive shells in profile and/or kshrc. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
