Well I've reinstalled after trying all rd-flags to no avail.

All I really want is ash (or sh) to source .profile on xterm start.
It does source .profile when I ssh into my n800 but it won't on starting xterm (Who knows why ???)

Worse...

ince in xterm under ash

if I
>> bash
then bash reads my .bashrc file

however if I
>>/bin/sh
sh does not read my .profile file.


I've tried the /usr/shar/application/hildon/osso-xterm.desktop hack, but It has 2 drawbacks.
1) If I open a second tab I'm back in ash
2) icon in left application bar is no longer that of a terminal WTF !!!


Thanks for any information/help

dwardo