You can do it one of two ways... 1) When you logon to KDE In the the .kde directory there is a "Autostart" directory which you can place a shell script to set any environment settings you need or to start programs. 2) When you logon to a shell (If you logon to a shell before you start X) This can be done with a shell script called from the .[shell]_profile file in your $HOME directory. Hope this helps Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: <rpgoldman at real-time.com> To: "tclug-list" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 9:17 PM Subject: [TCLUG] environment with graphical desktop > > I have been running Mandrake, and booting to run level 5. This gets > me into KDE. I have a desktop icon that runs Xemacs. I've been > disappointed to find that my ordinary shell environment (path, other > environment variables, aliases), initiated by ~/.tcshrc, is not > available to me when I start xemacs by clicking on this icon. I > suspect this is the same no matter what program I run, if it's > initiated graphically. What I was wondering is "how can I get my > ordinary shell environment in place in the course of logging in > through kdm (or other display manager)?" > > Thanks! > R > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list