PATH && .bash_profile q's

[Jule Slootbeek <jslootbeek@clarku.edu>]

Hi i just installed j2sdk1.3.1 from www.penguinppc.org and when i wanted
to add the path /usr/local/j2sdk1.3.1/bin to the PATH variable in
/etc/profile i noticed after a reboot, that when i open a gnome-terminal
or rxvt, and echo $PATH it does not include any of the changes i made in
either /etc/profile or ~/.bash_profile in the last file i have
CVSROOT=/var/lib/cvs and when i echo $CVSROOT i don't get anything,
unless i ssh to localhost. How can i fix this that my PATH is read
correctly on logon?

TIA,

Jule