On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 11:01:06PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote:
For some reason bash isn't sourcing /etc/profile. In fact after adding . /etc/profile to .bash_profile I don't think .bash_profile is being sourced b/c it had no effect.
I just wiped RH 7.3 and I don't know the shell best-practices for Debian. Please advise. I'm running testing w/ 2.4.26.
How are you starting the shell? If it's an xterm, it isn't a login shell unless it is started with "xterm -ls" or the resource "*vt100.loginShell: true"
I assume you're using a gdm or xdm or kdm...someone earlier on this list taught me this...I just wrote a .xsession file in my home directory that looks like this:
#!/bin/bash --login exec x-session-manager
and now /etc/profile and .bash_profile are sourced properly for me.
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