Alternatively, you can create a file called ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist that sets up the environment for anything run as that user (it is read by loginWindow, which is the process that runs everything else, including Finder). http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html -- Sal smile. On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Yves de Champlain wrote: o o Le 06-10-25 � 10:06, Merton Campbell Crockett a �crit : o o > I seem to have done something wrong or have misunderstood how to o > configure Mac OS X 10.4.8 to use DarwinPorts. o > o > Although ~/.profile exists and .../xinit/xinitrc includes "source o > ~./profile", only the first xterm window opened will have "/opt/ o > local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:" set in its environment. When I open o > subsequent xterm windows, I need to explicitly enter the command o > "source .profile" to include the path to the DarwinPorts X11 o > applications. o o X11.app being an aqua app, it does not read the unix environment. o The first xterm is probably considered a login shell and thus reads o the environment. You can set every xterm to be login shell with the o "-ls" option. Or you can use a window manager that is aware of the o environment (any other, I guess) o o yves o o _______________________________________________ o macports-users mailing list o macports-users@lists.macosforge.org o http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users o o -------------- Salvatore Domenick Desiano Doctoral Candidate Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University