Re: kdm sourcing .bash_profile?

[Ignacio Cárdenas <iakynet@eresmas.com>]

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Hi!

> I know I've seen this discussed before but I couldn't find it in the
> archives.  I have these lines in my .bash_profile:
>
> 	if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
>     	PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
> 	fi
>
> When I login on the console it behaves as expected.  However, when I
> login using kdm I don't get ~/bin in my path.  What was the prevailing
> opinion on how to solve this?

When you login with kdm the bash_profile is not read, because kdm is not a 
'login shell', like, for example, bash. To make kdm a 'login shell' (and 
then, it reads the bash_profile), look up your 'Xsession' file and change the 
first line by this:

#!/bin/sh --login

and below and this line

source $HOME/.bash_profile

For more information (because the definition of 'shell login' y said could be 
wrong), 'man bash'...


Regards,
Ignacio.
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