From: Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:50:28 -0700 > It is not important if they have [xdm and LXDE]. It is only important if you > use it.
OK, I was babbling. > This is arguably a bug and has been reported as such previously. These essays come to mind. "http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cups-horror.html" "http://www.newhorizonssucks.net/LiveCD.html" > That makes perfect sense. Logging in with telnetd on the target > always starts a login shell and the .profile is sourced. Right? > > Logging in with xdm does not source the .profile and so it is not > set. Right? OK, sure. > Put the 'export EDITOR=vi' in your ~/.bashrc on that machine and it > will be set there. OK, thanks, ... Peter E. -- Telephone 1 360 639 0202. Former telephone 1 360 450 2132. bcc: peasthope ... shaw.ca "http://carnot.yi.org/" "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171057378.37316.31504@heaviside.invalid