How to set initial wd in gnome-terminal? (newbie)

["Christian Pernegger" <pernegger@chello.at>]

On the console, everything is fine - when I log in as root, I start in the
/root directory. When I log in as a user I start in ~<username>/.

However, any gnome-terminals I open under X drop me to /root regardless of
login. Of course, since I mostly use a standard user, the first command always
is "cd ~". Maybe I could put the command in a .somethingorother file, but
shouldn't this be standard behaviour?

Tell me, what did I break? :(

Thanks a lot

Christian