Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-29 Thread Rares Aioanei
On 02/26/2012 10:53 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: On 26/02/12 17:30, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:59:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-28 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:19:43 +0530, Anand Sivaram wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 00:20, Camaleón wrote: >> It seems to be a known KDE bug: >> >> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201072 > xterm normally starts in the PWD of the calling process. KDE parent > process may be using ~/Document

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 00:20, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:01:31 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > > > On 27/02/12 17:50, Tom H wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alberto Fuentes > >> wrote: > >>> On 25/02/12 02:59, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > > Whenever I start a

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/02/12 04:28, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > On 26/02/12 21:30, Bob Proulx wrote: >> Sian Mountbatten wrote: >>> I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in >>> $HOME. Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm >>> start in ~/Documents. I suspect you mean Kons

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:01:31 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > On 27/02/12 17:50, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alberto Fuentes >> wrote: >>> On 25/02/12 02:59, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 27/02/12 17:50, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alberto Fuentes wrote: On 25/02/12 02:59, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOM

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 27/02/12 17:40, Tom H wrote: Mmm, no dice? Okay, there has to be a way to run xterm with the X server running but no KDE env in place... Maybe from a remote ssh session. Yes, you're right. You could use "ssh -Y ...; echo $DISPLAY; export DISPLAY=...; xterm" but I'd make sure that KDM/KDE

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Brian
On Sun 26 Feb 2012 at 20:53:58 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in $HOME. > Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm start in > ~/Documents. There's nothing in the environment which mentions > ~/Documents. I've

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Andrew Winnenberg
On 02/24/2012 05:59 PM, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather > than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? > > And can it be set to the HOME directory? > -- > Sian Mountbatten > Algol 68 specialist > > I noticed simila

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 27/02/12 17:00, Keith McKenzie wrote: On 27/02/12 16:15, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:46:38 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: Have you tried wit

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 26/02/12 21:30, Bob Proulx wrote: Sian Mountbatten wrote: I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in $HOME. Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm start in ~/Documents. There's nothing in the environment which mentions ~/Documents. I've been through

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alberto Fuentes wrote: > On 25/02/12 02:59, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >> Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather >> than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? >> >> And can it be set to the HOME directory? > > well,

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:46:38 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > Have you tried with fall

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Alberto Fuentes
On 25/02/12 02:59, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist well, its something of kde. Im using

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Keith McKenzie
On 27/02/12 16:15, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:46:38 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: Have you tried with falling in

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:46:38 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: Have you tried with falling into init 1 (no X server and so no KDE) and i

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> >>> Have you tried with falling into init 1 (no X server and so no KDE) and >>> issue "xterm" from there? >> >> No X, no xterm. :( > > Ouch

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:12:23 -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:12:53 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: > >> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> >> >> Have you tried with falling into init 1 (no X server

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:12:53 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón > > wrote: > >> > >> Have you tried with falling into init 1 (no X server and so no > >> KDE) and issue "xterm" from there? > > > > No X,

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:37:46 -0500, Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> >> Have you tried with falling into init 1 (no X server and so no KDE) and >> issue "xterm" from there? > > No X, no xterm. :( Ouch! Cannot be run without the X part? :-? Greetings, -- Cam

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > Have you tried with falling into init 1 (no X server and so no KDE) and > issue "xterm" from there? No X, no xterm. :( -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-27 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:53:58 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > On 26/02/12 17:30, Camaleón wrote: >> On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:59:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: >> >>> Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents >>> rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it s

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-26 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
> I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in $HOME. > Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm start in > ~/Documents. There's nothing in the environment which mentions > ~/Documents. I've been through all the KDE settings and there's no > mention of it. It

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-26 Thread Bob Proulx
Sian Mountbatten wrote: > I'm running KDE on a siduction distribution. Konsole starts in > $HOME. Xterms started from the KDE Launcher->System->Uxterm or Xterm > start in ~/Documents. There's nothing in the environment which > mentions ~/Documents. I've been through all the KDE settings and > there

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-26 Thread Sian Mountbatten
On 26/02/12 17:30, Camaleón wrote: On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:59:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? Weird... are you running

Re: when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:59:16 +, Sian Mountbatten wrote: > Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather > than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? > > And can it be set to the HOME directory? Weird... are you running xterm inside GNOME or KDE sessi

when an xterm starts, it always starts in ~/Documents

2012-02-24 Thread Sian Mountbatten
Whenever I start an xterm, I notice that it starts in ~/Documents rather than in the home directory. Why is that? Where is it set? And can it be set to the HOME directory? -- Sian Mountbatten Algol 68 specialist -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject o