At Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:16:30 +0100 pk <pete...@coolmail.se> wrote: > Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> Does that get sourced by the gnome panel so that launchers see it? >> I hadn't thought so, but will try it. > > Hm... X/xDM is started from a virtual console (mine is usually started > from VC-7, which is the default). That's where your login should happen, > so everything started after that should inherit the environment > variables. I would assume gnome DE (everything related to) uses the same > "tactic"... but given the gnome developers ms-windows fanatiscism I > wouldn't be surprised if it didn't.
Adding export $PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH to ~/.profile does seem to work so thank you. But I am surprised. X/xDM runs as root so wouldn't look in my .profile when *IT* starts. I had assumed (incorrectly) that I had to put the above export into one of the startup files mentioned in the man pages, but couldn't figure out which one. It is indeed much easier than I thought! thanks again, allan
