Another way to do this is put ". /sw/bin/init.sh" in .xinitrc . On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 05:56, lenny bruce wrote: > Apple's "X11 for Mac OS X" lives in bash. > > > I was still stuck thinking tcsh-like thoughts. > > Apple changed the default shell to bash starting in 10.2 > but that only applies to NEW USERS, not existing ones. > > The problem is, regardless of what shell you're using, > Apple's "X11 for Mac OS X" lives in bash... so you have to deal with it. > > > > I took the big leap and changed my default shell to bash... > but my .bashrc wasn't being sourced. > > I tinkered about and did some research > and I'm not clear on why it won't source my .bashrc > but I did fix the problem overall: > > I edited /etc/profile and relaunched X11... and IT WORKED! > X11 can find everything and it actually respects my .xinitrc file now. > > > Notice that bash uses a slightly different syntax... > > > PATH="$PATH:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:~/bin:~/sbin:~/usr/bin:~/usr/sbin" > > PATH="$PATH:~/usr/local/bin:~/usr/local/sbin:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin" > > PATH="$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin" > > PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/sbin:/sw/bin/mldonkey-distrib" > > export PATH > > It's not easy but it's worth it. > > lenny bruce I am not a comedian, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am Lenny Bruce. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213
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