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KWITCHABITCHN

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From: Chicago, IL

Registered: 2005-03-23

Posts: 11

default terminal directory

Whenever I open up a terminal from any shortcut it puts me /etc/X11 and I want to know how to change this so it will open up in my home directory.

Thanks

cactus

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Registered: 2004-05-25

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Re: default terminal directory

for gnome-terminal, I use this.

gnome-terminal --working-directory=/home/user &

this allows me to use the nautilus script "open-terminal-here" from a right click on a dir..

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KWITCHABITCHN

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From: Chicago, IL

Registered: 2005-03-23

Posts: 11

Re: default terminal directory

That worked great,.

Thanks

phrakture

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Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: default terminal directory

it's probably because you ran "startx" from /etc/X11

exit X and do "cd ~" then "startx"

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miqorz

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Registered: 2004-12-31

Posts: 475

Re: default terminal directory

it's probably because you ran "startx" from /etc/X11

exit X and do "cd ~" then "startx"

Thanks for stealing my post!

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