Re: $PATH and /etc/profile
Incoming from Simon L:
> In my /etc/profile file, I wrote:
> "PATH="/opt/j2sdk1.4.2_04/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin""
>
> When I log in text mode, the entire PATH is there as I want, I can
> "startx" and when I open a terminal, the PATH is perfect.
> Now, if I start the computer with KDM and that I run a terminal, the
Define "terminal." What are you actually running? XTerm, KTerm,
Gnome-terminal? Are you clicking on an icon or entering a command?
One way or another, you need to tell that thing to run a _login_
session, and all of them do it differently.
> PATH is only: "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games"
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