Public bug reported: /usr/share/wayland-sessions/sway.desktop executes sway directly, not via a login shell, so /etc/profile is not sourced. Additionally, when the user opens a terminal (by default via x-terminal-emulator), this is not a login shell, so the user's ~/.profile is not sourced either. This is unexpected behaviour.
There was an extensive discussion on this subject for gnome wayland sessions [1] resolved by (amongst other things) adding logic to /usr/bin /gnome-session [2]. For my own personal use, I have created a /usr/bin/sway-session script that I launch from my own .desktop file in /usr/share/wayland-sessions: #!/bin/sh . /etc/profile test -r ~/.profile && . ~/.profile exec sway Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS sway 1.4-2 [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=736660 [2] https://bug736660.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=343441 ** Affects: sway (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1924653 Title: sway session does not source /etc/profile or ~/.profile To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sway/+bug/1924653/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
