On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:22:34PM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > >On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 10:52:01AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > > > >>I know there is a way to do it, but I haven't found the right > >>piece of doc yet I guess. > >> > >>How do I get /etc/profile and friends to be run when gnome > >>starts up a terminal session? > >> > >>TIA! > >>Dennis > >> > >> > > > >/etc/profile should automatically run. Try running GNOME-Terminal with > >"-e bash" and see if that works. > > > > > Michael, > > > That wasn't it, but it put me on the track. Here's how in case > you ever need to do it. > > 1. Open a terminal window. > 2. Click "Edit" > 3. Click "Current Profile" > 4. Select "Title and Command" tab > 5. Mark check box "Run command as login shell" under "Command". > 6. Close the edit window > 7. Close the terminal window > 8. Open a terminal window again and your profiles will have been run! > > Thanks for getting me pointed in the right direct. > I was thinking of an entry in a .rc or .ini file or some such. > > Thanks again! > Dennis >
That would explain it. As far as I know other terminal emulators (i.e. xterm) execute profiles "out of the box". I never got it working under GNOME-Terminal myself. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
