Hello, I have stumbled on the same problem and was just going to file a bug. I need an environment variable set on login. There is no way how this can be done in Debian without sacrificing the session type chooser and switching to a ~/.xsession setup. I don't want that, since I want to be able to select a different window manager/session upon login.
The only alternative is to install a script in /etc/X11/Xsession.d, which requires talking to root. Branden Robinson wrote: > Thanks for the patch, but the reason isn't being fixed isn't because > it's difficult. It's because I disagree on design grounds with the > idea. > A user X session file should *replace* the system's default X session, > not augment it. I believe I agree with you that .xsession should create a complete session, including the window manager. OTOH, I think introducing a per-user config file that is executed (sourced) on _every_ login or at least on every non-.xsession login would be very nice for setting environment variables etc. How about "~/.profile"? > However, local admins can disagree, and that is why the scripts that > control the system default X session in Debian are "conffiles", > modifiable by the local administrator, whose changes will be preserved > by the packaging system across upgrades. That is true. But if a user who uses the session-type-chooser needs to set an environment variable (or execute gpg-agent, or ...), he needs to talk his admin into changing the login scripts in some proprietary way. A default for that would be nice. Sebastian -- Under capitalism man exploits man. Under communism it's the other way around. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
