On 26 Oct 2024 10:13 +0100, from c...@isbd.net (Chris Green): > I have installed Debian 12 on my Lenovo Thinkpad T470. It all went > pretty smoothly but for some reason when I do a GUI login my .profile > doesn't get run.
Is starting a GUI session (whether X11/Xorg or Wayland) even _supposed_ to execute ~/.profile (or ~/.bash_profile)? My understanding is that it is not. As I understand it, those are meant to be run by a _login shell_. This sets them apart from e.g. ~/.bashrc which is read each time _bash_ is started. And similarly for the corresponding system-wide files in /etc, of course. **What problem are you _actually_ trying to solve?** Presumably executing ~/.profile on GUI session startup isn't your end goal in itself, but merely an attempt at a way to accomplish something else. If you tell us what your end goal is, we might be able to suggest a better way to accomplish that. -- Michael Kjörling 🔗 https://michael.kjorling.se
