Re: Help with login/environment: bash_profile, bashrc, xdm

2002-12-10 Thread John Schmidt
Hi, I don't run either gdm or xdm, but do run kdm. For kdm, there is a file in /etc/kde3/kdm/Xsession. At the top of this file, it had: #!/bin/sh I changed this to #!/bin/bash --login and now when I fire up an xterm equilavents inside of kde, all the shells are login shells and my ~/.bash_p

Re: Help with login/environment: bash_profile, bashrc, xdm

2002-12-10 Thread Paul Mackinney
Matthew Weier O'Phinney declaimed: > > I was using gdm and all was fine, except that > > So I switched to xdm > Just a question... do you really need to use a session manager? > > I've been using blackbox for a year now, and I do fine without a session > manager (I did fine without one before, to

Re: Help with login/environment: bash_profile, bashrc, xdm

2002-12-10 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Paul Mackinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Monday, 09 December 2002, 09:25 PM -0800): > Hi. I use the blackbox window manager, but I'm having trouble with my > default environment. > > I was using gdm and all was fine, except that >- My customizations to the login window kept getting bonk

Re: Help with login/environment: bash_profile, bashrc, xdm

2002-12-09 Thread Russell
Paul Mackinney wrote: Hi. I use the blackbox window manager, but I'm having trouble with my default environment. I was using gdm and all was fine, except that - My customizations to the login window kept getting bonked. - If you ctrl-alt-f1 to get a non-X terminal, it keeps coming back ev

Help with login/environment: bash_profile, bashrc, xdm

2002-12-09 Thread Paul Mackinney
Hi. I use the blackbox window manager, but I'm having trouble with my default environment. I was using gdm and all was fine, except that - My customizations to the login window kept getting bonked. - If you ctrl-alt-f1 to get a non-X terminal, it keeps coming back ever