Re: Gnome doesn't see user's PATH
On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 11:49:51AM -0500, Forrest Smith wrote:
> Does anyone know why apps run from the panel aren't aware of
> user's environment vars, specifically PATH?
Sure... because gdm isn't a shell, neither is metacity, or the panel, or
any other part of Gnome with the possible exception of gnome-terminal,
which pretends badly to be one.
Thus, whatever shell init file you're setting up the environment in is
being ignored. As it should be. When you open a "terminal window",
they're not ignored (since the shell they're meant for is now running).
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