Re: Gnome doesn't see user's PATH
On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 11:49:51AM -0500, Forrest Smith wrote: Does anyone know why apps run from the panel aren't aware of user's environment vars, specifically PATH? Sure... because gdm isn't a shell, neither is metacity, or the panel, or any other part of Gnome with the possible exception of gnome-terminal, which pretends badly to be one. Thus, whatever shell init file you're setting up the environment in is being ignored. As it should be. When you open a terminal window, they're not ignored (since the shell they're meant for is now running). -- Marc Wilson | Chemist who falls in acid is absorbed in work. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gnome doesn't see user's PATH
* Forrest Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050622 10:06]: Hi all! Does anyone know why apps run from the panel aren't aware of user's environment vars, specifically PATH? Example, if Mutt is executed from my panel, I can't execute commands that are in my PATH. If I run it from a terminal window, I can. The same goes for Emacs. I'm using Gnome 2.8.2 in Sarge. As others have begun to explain, customizations you make to your shell initialization files (e.g. ~/.bashrc) are only read by shells. One way to get these environment settings into your X session are by making that X session a child of a shell process. This is always the case when you log in from a terminal and user startx, but not so when you log in from gdm. I use a ~/.xsession that looks like this: exec /bin/bash -l -c ' /sbin/start-stop-daemon -S -b -u vineet --exec /usr/bin/urxvtd /usr/bin/xscreensaver -nosplash gnome-settings-daemon gnome-panel psi gkrellm xset r rate 400 40 xset m 18/10 0 xsetroot exec fvwm ' ... but that's just me. The imtportant piece is the first line. It says to exec a bash login shell, which will read my ~/.bash_profile (which in turn reads my ~/.bashrc) and sets up some environment variables. You could try something simpler, like: exec /bin/bash -l -c gnome-session if you just want to run a gnome session as a child of your shell process. good times, Vineet signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Gnome doesn't see user's PATH
Hi all! Does anyone know why apps run from the panel aren't aware of user's environment vars, specifically PATH? Example, if Mutt is executed from my panel, I can't execute commands that are in my PATH. If I run it from a terminal window, I can. The same goes for Emacs. I'm using Gnome 2.8.2 in Sarge. Thank ya, Forrest Smith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gnome doesn't see user's PATH
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 11:49 -0500, Forrest Smith wrote: Hi all! Does anyone know why apps run from the panel aren't aware of user's environment vars, specifically PATH? Example, if Mutt is executed from my panel, I can't execute commands that are in my PATH. If I run it from a terminal window, I can. The same goes for Emacs. I'm using Gnome 2.8.2 in Sarge. If you are also using gdm, the path it sets is defined in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf (DefaultPath and RootPath) I presume kdm and xdm have similar configuration features. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
