Re: New Debian 12 installation, GUI login doesn't run .profile

[Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 26/10/2024 18:08, Chris Green wrote:
> > Well on my previous XFCE installation on xubuntu it certainly did run
> > ~/.profile.
> 
> LightDM package in Ubuntu contains an additional script that reads 
> ~/.profile (like SDDM in Debian). Some hints:
> 
> - 
> <https://wiki.debian.org/EnvironmentVariables#Using_graphical_display_manager>
> - <https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM#User_configuration>

Yes, it does seem that there's some disagreement between distros as to
whether a GUI login should run .profile or not.

I have just added ~/.xsessionrc which runs .profile, that does what I
need.

Thanks all.

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Chris Green
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