On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 01:19:50PM -0700, dckinder@mountain.net wrote:
> When I telnet into Debian from another machine, I get the $PATH
> variables which my .bash_profile states.
>
> However, when I log into it directly, via XDM, and then turn on a
> bash shell, I get the /etc/profile $PATH. . Moreover, if I log on from
> another machine using - not telnet - but rather VNC, then I also get
> the /etc/profile $PATH. (After the VNC login, I went back again to
> telnet, where, once again, I got the .bash_profile $PATH)
>
> So this has something to do with XWindows.
>
> But what?
yes its because {x,w}dm do not setup the environment properly, i fixed
this by changing #!/bin/sh in /etc/X11/Xsession to
#! /bin/bash --login
as others have mentioned starting xterms with the -ls switch will work
-- for the xterms -- but not for anything else, for example the menus,
unlike all the other menu entries you would have to specify a full
pathname in your custom menu entries.
the above hack causes your entire X session to have a proper
environment like any other login session. but only if you use bash
for your shell..
>
>
>
> >
> > On 09-Aug-2000 dckinder@mountain.net wrote:
> > > When I attempt to adjust my path by editing .bash_profile, there is
> > > no response.
> > >
> > > No matter how I may edit it, when I type $PATH, I get the
> > > environment set by /etc/profile.
> > >
> > > How can I override /etc/profile?
> >
> > Try something like this in your user .bash_profile:
> >
> > PATH=$PATH:$QTDIR/bin:$HOME/bin
> > export PATH
> >
> >
> > Put your additional paths after the "$PATH:" part above.
> > Don't forget to do '. .bash_profile' after editing.
> >
> > --
> > Andrew
> >
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>
> Regards,
>
> Duncan C. Kinder
> dckinder@mountain.net
>
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