I've got a simple script to start KDE konsole with a specific geometry: /usr/bin/konsole --geometry $coordinates &
The value for 'coordinates' is either passed in via an argument or set set to a default value: 671x504+0-0 I just used this script to start a konsole session from a session started using Panel->Terminal Sessions->Shell. With the ampersand backgrounding the konsole process, the invoking shell exits and the konsole process attaches to init: bob 2586 1 0 08:24 ... /usr/bin/konsole --geometry 671x504+0-0 This works OK but after the initial execution only, and in the konsole window from which I ran the script, I got these errors, once, so far: konsole: WARNING: Unable to use /usr/share/apps/konsole/screen.desktop konsole: WARNING: Unable to use /usr/share/apps/konsole/mc.desktop konsole: WARNING: Unable to use /usr/share/apps/konsole/sumc.desktop The files exist, are readable: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3876 2006-10-01 10:32 mc.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4737 2006-10-01 10:32 screen.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6427 2006-10-01 10:32 sumc.desktop and have content: screen.desktop: UTF-8 Unicode text mc.desktop: UTF-8 Unicode text sumc.desktop: UTF-8 Unicode text Any ideas why they can't be "use"d? Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]