FS#78395 - [lightdm] source shell startup files

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by nl6720 (nl6720) - Thursday, 04 May 2023, 14:42 GMT
Last edited by Buggy McBugFace (bugbot) - Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:25 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Maxime Gauduin (Alucryd)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

LightDM does not source all of the login shell's startup files, only the sh/bash specific ~/.profile. This means that environment variables and etc. defined in e.g. ~/.zprofile are not set in the graphical session.

Compare https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/865bcec7eee243d2720b37a4037d4c30ca4be315/trunk/Xsession with https://github.com/sddm/sddm/blob/develop/data/scripts/Xsession .

Please make the shipped Xsession file source the login shell's startup files.
See the attached diff which uses a snippet from SDDM's Xsession file.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.
* link to upstream bug report, if any
lightdm 1:1.32.0-4
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LightDM#Environment_variables

Steps to reproduce:
With zsh as the login shell, set an environment variable in ~/.zprofile and login via LightDM.
   lightdm.diff (1.7 KiB)
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Closed by  Buggy McBugFace (bugbot)
Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:25 GMT
Reason for closing:  Moved
Additional comments about closing:  https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/p ackaging/packages/lightdm/issues/3
Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 05 May 2023, 01:26 GMT
I thought all sane people put their env vars into ~/.profile, then arranged for their shell specific startup files (~/.bash_profile, ~/.zprofile, etc) to source ~/.profile? But maybe that's just me :)

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