At Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:22:42 +0000 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:18:56 +0000, Mick wrote: > >> > The DE/WM to use is specified by whatever display manager you use. >> > Setting it in a global configuration file is pointless on a multi-user >> > system. > >> So, where would you specify which DE/WM session the xdm Display >> Manager will load up for a specific user in a Gentoo set up? >> (assuming that there is such a thing as a Gentoo default way of doing >> this). > > I used xdm once, that was more than enough. gdm and kdm both have options > to do this, as did the one whose name I cannot remember that I tried > once. Alternatively, you can use the XSESSION environment variable or use > the standard .xinitrc/.xsession way of doing things. I'd either do that > latter or use a more flexible display manager, I find xdm horrible. I use gdm and do successfully get my WM set up. However, I would like to set (augment) PATH early so that, for example, the gnome panel has the path and hence all the launchers do. I know it is just one line in the shell export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH but I don't know what file to put it in. It would be acceptable, but not preferable, if this was set for all users; the only requirement is that it is set for user gottlieb. thanks, allan
