Hi Stuart Thank you for your suggestion - however if I do your changes I am getting login loop. Showing now what I need to comment out to login without infinite loop and ... unexpected aliases working good now :)
This is what I have current in my files ``` openbsd$ cat .Xresources | grep loginShell XTerm*loginShell:true ``` ``` openbsd$ cat .xsession export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 xcompmgr -cCfF & xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources i3 ``` ``` openbsd$ cat .profile # $OpenBSD: dot.profile,v 1.8 2022/08/10 07:40:37 tb Exp $ # # sh/ksh initialization PATH=$HOME/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin export PATH HOME TERM export HISTFILE=~/.ksh_history export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 export ENV=$HOME/.kshrc export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH #xcompmgr -cCfF & #xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources #i3 openbsd$ ```openbsd$ cat .kshrc alias ll='ls -lh' alias vim='nvim' #PS1='$$\e[32m$$\u@\h$$\e[33m$$ \w$$\e[0m$$ $ ' openbsd$ ``` Thank everyone who help me -- karcio Mar 5, 2026, 09:17 by [email protected]: > 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. >
