.bash_profile not run when using graphical login

[Ross Burton]

On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 00:29 +0200, Michael Brandtner wrote:
> Am Montag, den 04.10.2004, 17:07 +0100 schrieb Andy:
> 
> > So I'd like to know if other people think it would be a good idea for 
> > ..bash_profile to be run if you log in graphically and then open a 
> > terminal windows.
> 
> How about /etc/env.d?
> Gentoo ist doing it this way and its nice.

Debian Policy says packages should work with no environmental variables
defined.  For the Java example, this is why there are /usr/bin/java
(etc.) alternatives which JVMs register with.

.bash_profile isn't run at gdm login as you are not logging into bash,
but GDM.  Try putting sh code into ~/.gnomerc.

My home desktop (I believe) has common login envars set in ~/.profile,
which is sourced from .gnomerc and .bash_login.

Ross
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