Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:07:43PM +0000, Thomas Halahan wrote:
> Dear deb-users,
>
> I want my .bash_profile to be read "globally" whenever I log in from
> xdm. Previously in Redhat I would start X from /dev/tty1 which was a
> login shell. However with debian I log in from xdm, and consequently
> none of my konsoles (I run KDE2) or xterms (/dev/pts/?) are are login
> shells by default. This means that my bash profile is not read.
>
> Q> Is there any way, in .xsessions or otherwise, to load my
> bash_profile "globally" when logging in from xdm?
>
Try linking ~/.bashrc to ~/.bash_profile:
ln -s ~/.bash_profile ~/.bashrc
Marcelo.
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