Re: No sourcing of ~/.profile at login

[Torsten Reuss <t.reuss@gmx.net>]

> I do not have a ~/.profile, but rather a ~/.bash_profile. Perhaps that
> is what you're looking for?
>  
.profile is not parsed if a .bash_profile exists. I don't know with what 
bash version this behavior was introduced, but you can get normal 
behavior by just ensuring there is no .bash_profile. Also I recommend 
removing the .bash_profile from your /etc/skel directory.

Regards,
            Torsten