LS --color and KDE startup items.

[sd5867]

ok, to start out, I am running debian on one computer and knoppix hd install on the other.

1. When in root on the knoppix system, I type ls -l and all the directories and executables are in color. However on the freshly installed Debian install, ls -l is not in color, I can get it to go color, by ls --color -l, but I would prefer not to have to type the --color everytime I am in the shell, is this stored as an environment variable or in a config file? and where would it be located. I tried --color=always, but that didn't seem to work. How would I go about changing this?

2. The language icon appears in the system tray everytime I start KDE, being that I only know one language, how would I remove this? What config file tells KDE to start a program upon start of the GUI? For future note, I would like to be able to control who/what starts when KDE start.

Thanks in advance. I am a Linux Novice, but am willing to learn.

[jpretti]

Simply edit the .bashrc using vi for your user and enter the following:

alias ls='ls --color=auto'

or

alias ls='ls --color=SOMECOLORHERE'

HTH,
John

[sd5867]

Thank you jpretti.


Just a note, I am still looking for help with the KDE start up items, anyone that knows where it's stored.

Thanks

SD

[marhleet]

2. The language icon appears in the system tray everytime I start KDE, being that I only know one language, how would I remove this?

try clicking on the language icon
open it up and edit the settings so there isn't a choice of languages

What config file tells KDE to start a program upon start of the GUI? For future note, I would like to be able to control who/what starts when KDE start.

there is something about
/etc/rcS.d
but I've not gone through it all.
my smoothwall only has
/etc/rc.d
as it's a single user system
knoppix live-cd has 4 tty sessions and the KDE screen.
the hdd install has 6 tty screens, and
/etc/rc0d thru /etc/rc6.d
so I expect they are the startup settings for each mode, I've not poked extensively though

[marhleet]

I've noticed the loss of colour on my KDE screen's terminal windows.
and not been able to fix it as yet.

but I also noticed recently, a ctrl-alt-5 screen will be in color mode but when in su it loses the color.
so mine might be a prob with the su settings or it might be a feature of su ?

[sd5867]

but I also noticed recently, a ctrl-alt-5 screen will be in color mode but when in su it loses the color.
so mine might be a prob with the su settings or it might be a feature of su ?

I think that you may have the same problem as me. I am pretty sure that my bashrc for my user has the alias set for ls --color, but not the root user. Everytime you su, your essentially logging in as root, so you might want to check the bashrc in the root folder.

I havn't had time to properly test any of this, since I am away from my home system, but I have checked it on both knoppix and kubuntu live cd's and both of them have alias ls="ls --color=auto" in their bashrc files.

etc/rc0d thru /etc/rc6.d
so I expect they are the startup settings for each mode, I've not poked extensively though

I am not sure if this is what I am looking for, these maybe the startup for each session, but I think I am looking for a startup configuration file for KDE, like i mentioned above, I am currently away from my system, but I am sure that the language option and gaim start up when I use KDE, but neither start when I use a Gnome session. So i am sure that both of them have their own start up configuration files. I have not had the chance to look at the /etc/rcX.d files yet, so they may contain a section for KDE or Gnome specific items.

Thanks

SD

[marhleet]

there is
/etc/rc1.d - /etc/rc6.d AND /etc/rcS.d
I'm guessing the S is for screen.....

[sd5867]

Ah, cool, thanks, I will have a chance to test it out, the day after tommorrow.

SD

[Markus]

Have a look at /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/README.runlevels.gz for the different runlevels. S stands for single user mode and gets run always on bootup. For KDE autoloading programs have a look at ~/.kde/Autostart/
The systemwide aliases in knoppix are in /etc/profile but you can also see them just by typing alias.

[sd5867]

Ah, thanks markus, I had actually already found the /usr/share/doc/sysvinit folder. I managed to get a hold of a knoppix CD so that I could start looking into it. According to the readme that I found in one of the rcX.d folders, everything in the rc1.d-rc6.d and rcS.d are just links to files in /etc/init.d. So I ended up poking around in /etc/init.d which lead me to the sysvinit folder. I did come to the conclusion that the rcX.d folders didn't control KDE start up, but system start up and some of X window start up.

I will check into ~/.kde/Autostart , but that sound like what I am looking for the KDE startup programs.

Once again, thanks to all that helped.

SD