Hello, it is worth mentioning I use Fedora 43 and gdm login manager. I am thinking about mesa_shader_cache created in $HOME/.cache location whether it is created by gdm or by early phase of plasma startup?
Thanks Marek sobota 28. februára 2026, 11:54, Marek Greško <[email protected]> napísal/a: > Hello, > > I am trying to find out where to set XDG_CACHE_HOME in Fedora 43 for plasma > correctly. > > I have setup an environment where users have home directories on a nfs share. > I wanted to create local directory for XDG_CACHE_HOME. So I created a file > /etc/profile.d/nss-cache.sh containing > > #!/bin/bash > > CACHEDIR="/home/local/${USER}" > > if [[ "${HOME}" =~ ^/home/domain/.* ]]; then > export NSS_SDB_USE_CACHE=yes > if [ -w "${CACHEDIR}" ]; then > export XDG_CACHE_HOME="${CACHEDIR}/.cache" > fi > fi > > But it was not doing anything. Then I found out it works when I run some > applications from the terminal, so I realized plasma does not use > /etc/profile.d. Thereafter I tried to copy the file into the > /etc/xdg/plasma-workspace/env/ directory. It mostly works. But I get the > mesa_shader_cache directory created in the $HOME/.cache and also in the > $XDG_CACHE_HOME. I think this is because the directory is created prior to > runing the script in /etc/xdg/plasma-workspace/env, and then aft4er loading > the file the directory is created again. > > Do you have any clue where should be the script run from to be started soon > enough I do not have the $HOME/.cache/mesa_shader_cache created? > > Thanks > > Marek
