Once upon a time Bob Proulx said... > Michael B Allen wrote: > > > Well the exec -l $SHELL -c "$STARTUP" solution fixes that > > Agreed. > > > provided /bin/sh exec accepts the option like bash. > > That was the problem with /bin/sh. /bin/sh is not required to accept > args like /bin/bash. In which case the script interpreter must simply > be #!/bin/bash. Using 'exec -l' plus using #!/bin/bash works. At > least I can't refute it after thinking about it for the day.
If you mean to put the #!/bin/bash in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start, it wont work because the files in /etc/X11/Xsession.d are not executed, but sourced instead. The #!/bin/bash is then just going to be treated as a comment. You'd need to have /etc/X11/Xsession run under bash instead of /bin/sh, or have that script execute the Xsession.d files instead of source them. Furthermore, is it guaranteed that an X display manager (xdm, kdm, gdm or some future dm) will set the SHELL environment variable? Is this documented as a requirement for a display manager? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
