Yes, I suspect X too. But I can't find it. When I 'su' to another user, it dumps me in the right $HOME directory. When I further 'su -' back to root it also dumps me at $HOME. It's only when I open a terminal window that it puts me at $HOME/Desktop. It behaves the same for all users, so it's some global setting, that strangely overrides personal *bash* files.<br>
<br clear="all">-- Asher <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
what does /etc/passwd show for the home dir?<br>
<br>
It may also be quirk of your X environment since you are opening a terminal.<br>
<br>
Check /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc for defaults.<br>
<br>
strange.<br>
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Asher Vilensky<br>
<<a href="mailto:ashervilensky@gmail.com">ashervilensky@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> When I login into my Mint VM as root and open a terminal, it puts me in<br>
> /root/Desktop and not in /root. Why?<br>
> It doesn't read my .bashrc or .bash_profile (both of which didn't exist...I<br>
> created them). Why?<br>
> What is the file .dmrc? Should it be changed? To what?<br>
><br>
> [root@asher-laptop ~]# cat .dmrc<br>
><br>
><br>
> [Desktop]<br>
> Session=default<br>
><br>
> Thanks.<br>
><br>
> -- Asher<br>
><br>
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