diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 84872de..8544e1a 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.4.17
+####  version: 0.4.18
 ####  Date: November 8 2008
 ########################################################################
 ####  inxi is a fork of infobash, the original bash sys info script by locsmif
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ script_self_updater()
 get_start_client()
 {
 	local irc_client_path='' irc_client_path_lower='' non_native_konvi='' i=''
+	local b_non_native_app='false' pppid=''
 
 	if tty >/dev/null;then
 		IRC_CLIENT="Shell"
@@ -598,23 +599,25 @@ get_start_client()
 		irc_client_path=$( readlink /proc/$PPID/exe )
 		irc_client_path_lower=$( tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< $irc_client_path )
 		# from sidux infobash, handle bad detection of shell; Horst Tritremmel <hjt at sidux.com>
-		# note: do NOT put into '' or "" the dash|bash stuff, otherwise the structure fails
-		if [[ ${irc_client_path_lower##*/} =~ dash|bash|sh ]]; then
-			# We want to know who wrapped it into the shell.
-			PPPID="$( ps -p $PPID -o ppid --no-headers | sed 's/ //g' )"
-			if [[ -n $PPPID && -f /proc/$PPPID/exe ]];then
-				irc_client_path="$( readlink /proc/$PPPID/exe )"
+		# note: do NOT put into '' or "" the dash|bash\perl stuff, otherwise the structure fails
+		# handles the xchat/sh/bash/dash cases, and the konversation perl cases
+		# handles the problem with konversation reporting itself as perl, which was missed because
+		# when konversation starts inxi from inside itself, as a script, the parent is konversation, not perl
+		if [[ ${irc_client_path_lower##*/} =~ dash|bash|sh|perl ]]; then
+			# We want to know who wrapped it into the shell or perl.
+			pppid="$( ps -p $PPID -o ppid --no-headers | sed 's/ //g' )"
+			if [[ -n $pppid && -f /proc/$pppid/exe ]];then
+				irc_client_path="$( readlink /proc/$pppid/exe )"
 				irc_client_path_lower="$( tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< $irc_client_path )"
+				b_non_native_app='true'
 			fi
 		fi
-
-		# this handles the problem with konversation reporting itself as perl, which was missed because
-		# when konversation starts inxi from inside itself, as a script, the parent is konversation, not perl
-		if [[ -z $( grep -i 'konversation' <<< $irc_client_path ) && -n $( grep -i 'perl' <<< $irc_client_path ) && -n $( pidof konversation ) ]];then
-			irc_client_path=$( which konversation )
-			irc_client_path_lower=$( tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< $irc_client_path )
-			non_native_konvi='true'
-		fi
+		# replacing this fix with the one above, which is more globally affective
+# 		if [[ -z $( grep -i 'konversation' <<< $irc_client_path ) && -n $( grep -i 'perl' <<< $irc_client_path ) && -n $( pidof konversation ) ]];then
+# 			irc_client_path=$( which konversation )
+# 			irc_client_path_lower=$( tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< $irc_client_path )
+# 			non_native_konvi='true'
+# 		fi
 
 		case $irc_client_path_lower in
 			*irssi-text*|*irssi*)
@@ -623,7 +626,7 @@ get_start_client()
 				;;
 			*konversation*)
 				# this is necessary to avoid the dcop errors from starting inxi as a /cmd started script
-				if [[ $non_native_konvi == 'true' ]];then
+				if [[ $b_non_native_app == 'true' ]];then
 					KONVI=2
 				else
 					KONVI=1
@@ -640,6 +643,7 @@ get_start_client()
 					}
 					exit
 				}' )"
+
 				T=($IRC_CLIENT_VERSION)
 				if [[ ${T[0]} == *+* ]];then
 					# < Sho_> locsmif: The version numbers of SVN versions look like this: