Re: Gnome applications and .bash_profile

On 10/31/09 03:39, quoth Jonathan Ryshpan: This is an old and stupid problem. When you log in you should have your environment fully defined. The environment is basically all of your environment variables. They should all be defined in exactly one place: Your ~/.bash_profile and nowhere else. I run kde so I can't tell you what I would do to fix it. I log in and my environment is defined because kde actually works. If you log in using gdm and your environment is not defined then my advise is not going to be pretty. 1. You can file a bug. I encourage this. It is broken behavior and should be fixed. Option B. Start debugging the problem. The idea is to start putting echo statements in your /etc/profile and your ~/.bash_profile with the goal of creating a new file in /etc/X11/xinit.d to see where you can source in your /etc/profile followed by sourcing in your ~/.bash_profile. You should append to a logfile in /tmp and make sure to delete the file before logging out. echo "$(date): Hello from /etc/profile" >> /tmp/login You might be able to say something simple in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common like f=/etc/profile [[ -f $f ]] && . $f f=~/.bash_profile [[ -f $f ]] && . $f IT IS WRONG to set environment variables in your .bashrc unless you really know what you're doing. Most people don't. IT IS WRONG to have to run a terminal emulator program with the idea that it should be a login shell. ALL PROGRAMS use the environment, not just terminal emulators. If you log in then your environment should be defined. I don't use gnome but I'm very surprised that this is still an issue. -- Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have .0. happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0 Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000 individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net