On 8/31/07, P Kapat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No I am not sourcing any other file... I can provide the two files here if > necessary..
That might be worthwhile. > > set -x > Ok, I did that. The outcome is the following: > When I login remotely (thru ssh) or on a VT, I see the variables from both > .bashrc and .bash_profile, as expected I suppose. > But when I login to KDE locally, and start a konsole or xterm, only the > .bashrc variables are printed out. This again I suppose as is expected that > any new shell (either in konsole or xterm) is probably a non-login > interactive shell. > > The funny part is though only .bashrc seems to be sourced when I start a > konsole (or xterm) I do have the variables from .bash_profile available, > except LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Is it possible that you're getting those variable from an existing environment? That is, if you set them session-wide, and then for some reason unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Sticking a call to "env" at the top of your .bashrc should tell you this. > Is LD_LIBRARY_PATH the only way to provide extra library paths? It's probably the best way to do so. -- Michael A. Marsh http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh http://mamarsh.blogspot.com http://36pints.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
