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Re: xdm and user's profiles



Goswin Brederlow wrote:
  >> Not true. I cannot get /etc/environment values to be set when I use xdm to
  >> log into X. I have not tried via startx, but I presume that will work.
  >> 
  >> I may have futzed, and gotten the format wrong, if someone would enlighten
  >> me, I'd be appreciative.
  >
  >------------------------- /etc/enviroment ----------------------------------
  >LANG=C
  >EMAIL="goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de"
  >------------------------------ xterm ---------------------------------------
  >
  ># echo $LANG
  >C
  ># echo $EMAIL
  >
  >----------------------------------------------------------------------------
It needs to be exported.

Use set -a, or export particular variables in Xsession.
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