On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 22:45, Daniel B. wrote: > When I log in using Gnome, login-time shell initialization doesn't seem > to have taken place (as if nothing invoked bash with -login). > > More specifically: > - In gdmlogin, I select Gnome Session and log in. > - I start an xterm (either from a window manager menu or from the Gnome > menu bar at the top) or a Gnome terminal. > - In the bash shell in the terminal window, when I look at my environment > variables, settings in /etc/profile and my .bash_profile/.profile > have not been applied. > > It seems that nothing in the Gnome login process runs a login shell. > > Shouldn't something in the Gnome login sequence run a login shell and > start other Gnome processes from that shell, so that shell login-time > setup files get processed? > > (This is with the Gnome 2.2 backport to woody.)
This is a bug in sid right now. I am waiting for the fix to be applied and will roll it out to the backport. Jamie -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG/PGP ID: 26384A3A Fingerprint: D9FF DF4A 2D46 A353 A289 E8F5 AA75 DCBE 2638 4A3A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
