Thankyou, but I think I have solved the problem by adding a line
to ~/.bashrc , as was suggested on this list. Sorry for the confusing
way I announced the problem solved and then proceeded to continue
posting to the thread.
Thanks to all, and I hope I can refrain from making this thread a
continuing blog. ;-)
On 20131211_101148, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 12/10/13, Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote:
> ..
> > Now, I want to try to do things in the way the developers had
> > in mind when they built the install CD images.
> >
> > I see the file ~/.profile . It contains code that tests for the
> > existence of ~/bin/ and adds it to $PATH , if it exists. But it
> > doesn't 'work'. After I have created my ~/bin/. and filled it with
> > some scripts, and rebooted, there is still no mention of ~/bin/ in
> > $PATH .
>
> Here is where you might provide more information about how you're
> logging in, to properly debug your problem. Yes it sounds like
> something is not quite right.
>
> There are different ways to log in:
> a) linux console
> b) remote ssh login
> c) graphical desktop login, then some ?term terminal
>
> A general principal of debugging (whether networking, shell
> environment, etc) is to start with the lowest technical level, and
> work up from there, to eliminate the lowest level of possible problems
> first, to avoid excess wandering fruitless journeys.
>
> So, if you have a ?DM graphical login manager installed by default,
> first start testing by reboot, then Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to a plain
> ("low level"), linux console, and log in there.
>
> Then of course echo $PATH, and tell us what you get.
>
> Let's get your linux console login environment sorted first (if you
> are willing), then we can work on a graphical login environment
> problem.
>
>
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