Re: PATH statement in X
On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 14:50, John L. Fjellstad wrote:
> Where are all the places the PATH is set when you are using X-Window (kdm)?
>
> Problem is, when I log in from the console, I get this path:
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/games
>
> when I open a xterm, and do echo $PATH, I get this:
> /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin
>
> When I log in using kdm, none of the profile information (from bashrc) gets
> picked up etc...
Probably because bashrc/profile are for shells...
you should really check here first:
http://www.google.com/search?q=kdm%20path Less than a minute's worth of
research turned up kdmrc as the source of the kdm path.
--
Mark Roach
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