On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 09:07:29AM -0500, Jeff Beaird wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > >The point is that, according to the bug submitter, programs being run > >*under* multi-gnome-terminal don't have $DISPLAY set in their environment. > > > >It may indeed still not be an m-g-t bug, but at least it doesn't appear to > >be a gdm bug. > > > > I, too, doubt that it's a multi-gnome-terminal bug. I just can't figure > out why when I type 'env' in the gnome-terminal window, I have several > more variables set than when I type 'env' in the multi-gnome-terminal > window. > > My guess is that it has something to do with m-g-t being a gnome1 app, > although I don't see how that'd make a difference. > > Thanks for your help, Sorry for the delay. I had a look at the source code for gnome-terminal. gnome-terminal is setting the HOME environmental variable as well as some other variables. This explains why it's working fine with -display. I'll work on a patch for that. -- GNU/Linux registered user #224950 Proud Egyptian GNU/Linux User Group <www.eglug.org> Member. Life powered by Debian, Homepage: www.foolab.org -- Don't send me any attachment in Micro$oft (.DOC, .PPT) format please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html Preferable attachments: .PDF, .HTML, .TXT Thanx for adding this text to Your signature
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