On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 12:01:13AM +0100, Benjamin A'Lee wrote: > On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 13:44 -0700, Scott Denlinger wrote: > > is there > > something about the way xdm or KDE starts which keeps it from sourcing a > > .bash_profile file? How can I configure xdm or KDE to read in these files if > > they don't? > > .bash_profile is only sourced for login shells; when you open an xterm > in KDE or wherever, it's not a login shell so it's not sourced. If you > start X from a shell, it's already sourced .bash_profile so the > variables are inherited.
The graphical login should also start a login shell and then run the processes implementing the "desktop" environment from there. If it doesn't run from a login shell, or, at the very least, ensure that all processes started by the user are run in an environment that inherits from the user's login shell, that's a bug. > If you want the variables set in all shells, not just login shells, set > them in .bashrc. That won't work properly for cases in which variables are "extended", as this is frequently done with PATH. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim -------------------------------------------------------+ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | WWW: http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/people/jtk | *-----=< hierarchical systems are for files, not for humans >=-----* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
