Re: $PATH and /etc/profile
Note: I'm far from an expert.
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 09:12:05PM +0000, Simon L wrote:
> When I log in text mode, the entire PATH is there as I want, I can
> "startx" and when I open a terminal, the PATH is perfect.
> Now, if I start the computer with KDM and that I run a terminal, the
> PATH is only: "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games"
Presumably KDM is being started by one of the /etc/init.d scripts,
without first running Bash. Thus the profile file isn't being read
(because why should anything but a login shell read it?).
I wonder if you could find the line in your startup script that says
"kdm" and just change it to read "/bin/bash kdm". I HAVE NOT TRIED
THIS and make no claim that it will work, but it would explain why
startx works and kdm does not.
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