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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: kvt profile
From:       Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date:       1998-01-31 23:19:39
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On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Fractture wrote:

> I had some trouble with my system and had to reinstall.
> This time I put all my options in $HOME/.bashrc instead of profile...
> When you do this, the terminal is put back the way you want, instead of
> the KDE default when you leave it up and log out.
> Thought you may want to know.

It's simply that kvt is not by default started with a login shell.
You can read all about login shells, non-login shells, and what bash does 
in each case in the bash man page.

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