Oh, I had no idea that Ubuntu didn't use bash as the default shell. That explains a lot. How about ~/.profile: is it sourced? (I don't currently have access to an Ubuntu system, so I cannot test myself)
-- .bash_profile is not sources when X session starts https://launchpad.net/bugs/66004 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
