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_profile is processed with my defined enviroment variables. You may be able to get away with editing /etc/X11/Xsession and doing the above change. There may be problems with making all shells start as login shells. I don't pretend to know what they may be and various pros/cons, but the above change works for me and gets my ~/.bash_profile read when I fire up kde. John On Monday 09 December 2002 10:25 pm, 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 > every n seconds without being asked. Especially annoying if your X > configuration is bad... I'm just not a GNOME fan. > > So I switched to xdm > - and my .bash_profile stopped getting processed. So that after > opening an xterm, none of my custom environment variables were > active, just the custom aliases in .bashrc. > - I tried putting 'source ./.bash_profile' at the top of my > xsession file, but no luck. > > Can someone tell me, or point me to the right docs, to get xdm to run > .bash_profile so that all term windows inherit the environment? > > And a more philosophical question: Anyone care to provide a 50 word > essay on the proper use of .bash_profile and .bashrc? I have an > environment that generally works, but it's based on random examples, > trial, and error rather than consistent application of fundamental > principles. > > TIA, Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
