On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 13:44 -0700, Scott Denlinger wrote:
> is there
> something about the way xdm or KDE starts which keeps it from sourcing a
> .bash_profile file? How can I configure xdm or KDE to read in these files if
> they don't?
.bash_profile is only sourced for login shells; when you open an xterm
in KDE or wherever, it's not a login shell so it's not sourced. If you
start X from a shell, it's already sourced .bash_profile so the
variables are inherited.
If you want the variables set in all shells, not just login shells, set
them in .bashrc.
Ben
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