FS#1590 - xdm doesn't run . /etc/profile
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Arch Linux
Opened by Lukas Sabota (punkrockguy318) - Tuesday, 05 October 2004, 14:49 GMT
Last edited by Judd Vinet (judd) - Tuesday, 05 October 2004, 16:33 GMT
Opened by Lukas Sabota (punkrockguy318) - Tuesday, 05 October 2004, 14:49 GMT
Last edited by Judd Vinet (judd) - Tuesday, 05 October 2004, 16:33 GMT
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Details
XDM will not run . /etc/profile when logging in a user. That
will cause many environment variables to be unset, and the
PATH incomplete.
Although there is a workaround. In your .xsession, you can run . /etc/profile and everything will be fine. So what should we do? There is a default ~/.xinitrc that is created when you add a user. A default ~/.xsession should be created as well. I have attatched a default .xsession that runs . /etc/profile. This should be implemented to avoid further confusion. PS: Also.. The default .xinitrc should execute twm by default... Because TWM comes with X.. What's the point of executing wmaker if the user probobly doesn't have it installed? |
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PS: and the xinitrc could be fixed by editting the xinitrc in the filesystem package...
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