Liam, I think you have a good point. So how do I change its default if I want the file to be sourced when I login using GDM.
Thanks Yong --- Liam O'Toole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:55:37 -0600 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > > >> > > yong lee wrote: > > > > [...] > > >>> > > > I have to manually do source /etc/profile to see > > the new changes >>> > > > after I open a new terminal window everytime. > > Even a reboot does >>> > > > not help. Does anyone have any idea ? >> > > >> > > You say that even a reboot does not help and that > > seems very strange >> > > to me because I am sure that you would log in > > after that point. :-) >> > > Are you using a shell other than a POSIX > > compatible one such as csh? > > > > [...] > > > > If the OP logs in using GDM, then (by default) > > /etc/profile is not > > sourced. > > > > -- > > > > Liam > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > As I don't use GDM or gnome, I can't tell you exactly where to do this. But, you can add to the terminal command in the menu (and anywhere else you want) the '-l' option (at least, you can in KDE, I think the same should work in Gnome), which tells the terminal program to run as if it were a login shell. It will then read the startup scripts in /etc, as you want. One thing not mentioned by others is which files from /etc a shell will use depends on the shell. The /etc/profile file is read by Bourne shells, such as bash or ksh. If you are using csh or tcsh, it will *not* read /etc/profile, it will instead read /etc/csh.cshrc (read by every shell) and /etc/csh.login (read by login shell only). Note on some systmes these csh startup files are called /etc/cshrc and /etc/login, respectively. If you're using csh/tcsh, changes to /etc/profile wiil do nothing. See the man pages, section "FILES", for a full list of rc files for each shell. Bob McGowan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
