Felix Breuer wrote: > On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 08:46:55 -0600 > Nathan Ingersoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hi Felix, > > > Hi Nathan and everyone, > > [sorry for the week of silence, I was AWFK] > > >>I may have missed it with all of the other discussion in this thread, but >>could you explain the base issue you're trying to address? There isn't much >>that we would want from the root environment passed to the users session, so >>I think clearing the environment is mandatory. Why and when do you need the >>environment variables setup, and is there a reason executing a login shell, >>like entrance does to start a session, doesn't satisfy the requirements? > > > Entrance executes a login shell to start a session? That is interesting. > I did a quick grep and could not find the relevant part of the code, could > you point me to it? > > Now the problem is the following. After I start a session in entrance, > some environment variables that are important to the system, such as > PYTHONPATH, are not set. These variables are set in the init script and > later cleared by Entrance. Entrance does not run an Xsession script (there > is none on my distro) but starts E17 directly. Entrance does not run a > login shell in that case, right? > > On my system, a login shell reads /etc/profile which sources > /etc/environment in which all these variables are exported. So > a login shell knows about those variables even though it clears them > first, the same way Entrance does. > > What I would like to know is the following: > > * What is the standard way for a login manager to read/set the environment for > a session? Are login managers supposed to go through an Xsession script?
Yes. > > * If so, why does Entrance offer the option to run an executable directly? Just because. Well, because setting up sessions for Xsession can be a pain in the neck in some distributions, and sometimes you have a blazing hot off the CVS presses, bleeding-edge, other-worldly, simply astonishing product like E17 that you'd like to just work. You know what I'm sayin'? > > * What would be a good way to allow system administrators to customize > the standard environment for all the sessions that Entrance launches > directly, i.e. not through an Xsession script? > > Same way. Edit /etc/profile and whatever else is connected with it. This really should have nothing to do with Entrance or whatever other display manager you use. > Thanks, > Felix -- Ibukun Olumuyiwa http://xcomputerman.com "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved." ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
