Re: Setting environment variables

[Geoffrey <esoteric 3times25 net>]

Andrei Badea wrote:
> Hello Kai,
>
> On 22.9.2004 11:14 Kai Weber wrote:
>
> > * Annamalai Gurusami <annamalai gurusami EMAIL masconit com>:
> >
> >
> > > > (I remember it worked once on my system. Since some time the
> > > > .profile is no longer read in at startup...)
> > >
> > >
> > > Try ~/.bashrc.
> >
> >
> > This won't work.
> >
> > Some more infos: I start my GNOME session using gdm. Not any login
> > profile is read in.
>
>
> This interests me. Is your .xsession file run when you start your Gnome 
> session through gdm? Mine isn't, and I'd like it to be, but I didn't 
> find a correct way to do it.

.xsession is used when you start X with 'startx' and .Xclients is used 
when you start X with [xgk]dm. I simply create a sym link between the 
two, which might be the case for other folks.

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Until later, Geoffrey       Registered Linux User #108567
                            AT&T Certified UNIX System Programmer - 1995