Re: Bug#327191: kdm resets after login because of problem in ~/*profile
On Friday 09 September 2005 14:42, Jean de Largentaye wrote:
> The exact line which seems to have posed problem was
> export DISPLAY=john:0.0
use ssh -X and remove the DISPLAY setting.
Achim
> in .bash_profile. I'm a bit stumped as to why that is troublesome,
> though I guess it must conflict with the env var set by X (which is
> just 0:0).
> I think I added that line when I had XDMCP enabled and was doing stuff
> on another display-less machine. That way when I'd login through SSH,
> I could immediately launch a program that would display on my local
> machine.
>
> I guess I'll have to do a little more work for the script to
> distinguish between being launched by X or during a login.
>
> > > It would be useful to warn the user of this 'new' behaviour, maybe in
> > > /usr/share/doc/NEWS.Debian.
> >
> > This seems quite reasonable. For the record, are you requesting that the new
> > behaviour be reverted, or simply that users be given better notice to allow
> > them to adapt with less hassle and frustration?
>
> Oh no, I wouldn't dare request a behaviour change. After all, I expect
> that being The Great Respected Maintainer, you know what you're doing
> ;).
> No, just giving users better notice should be enough. For example, a
> nice blatant warning during the pre-configure phase, as well as
> something in /usr/share/doc/kdm other than the changelog (through
> which I went, and must've missed that part, or dismissed as
> irrelevant)
>
> John
>
>
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