Incoming from Adam Siepel: > Hi -- I'm using gdm, gnome, and bash, and can't seem to get things set up > so my .bash_profile gets read properly upon login. I've seen some messages > on various lists that advised explicitly sourcing .bash_profile in > .xsession for proper startup -- problem is related to Xsession being run as > /bin/sh rather than /bin/bash, I think. This seems like kind of an awkward > soln, but I can live with it. Now I'm finding, though, that my .xsession > *also* doesn't seem to be getting read, despite that everything seems to be > in order (/etc/X11/Xsession okay, no ~/.Xsession in the way, > allow-user-xsession in Xsession.options, etc.).
How X starts up can be a mystery. I use "startx" which uses my ~/.xsession. Others do the same and report ~/.xsession is ignored in favour of ~/.xinitrc. With that in mind, change the file in question. The first line should be: #!/bin/bash --login which will make it a login shell, and your bash startup files will be sourced. The file in question must be made executable (ie., chmod 755 ~/.xsession). -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
