On Fri 09 Jun 2023 at 16:17:50 (-0700), Cousin Stanley wrote: > On 2023-06-09 13:00, gene heskett wrote: > > >> Did you log out and back in, or did you simply start > >> a new XFCE4 terminal within an existing session? > >> > >> The .xsessionrc file is only read > >> during X session startup, not when running > >> various applications like terminal emulators. > >> > >> > >>> (Yes, I know, it's a PAIN to log out and back in, > >>> at least for me, and> it sounded like for you too... > >>> but it's required for this test to be meaningful. > >>> > >>> logging out and back in may as well be a reboot. > > I sometimes update the .xsessionrc file > for various reasons and then source it > to activate the changes without logging out > or restarting .... > > sk@jhp1 03:52 PM ~ > $ echo "export SKUNK='pee euuu' " >> .xsessionrc > > sk@jhp1 03:53 PM ~ > $ echo $SKUNK > > sk@jhp1 03:53 PM ~ > $ source .xsessionrc > > sk@jhp1 03:53 PM ~ > $ echo $SKUNK > pee euuu
Two problems here: Other sessions are unaware of the change made in one; and the point of this thread is to find a location where Gene's ".profile" file is run regardless of how he logs in. This doesn't test that. Cheers, David.
