Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-09 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 05:20:06PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > I have tried > > #!/bin/bash --login > > and > > #!/bin/bash -login > > in .xsession and neither works. that solved it for me when i put it in the global /etc/X11/Xsession, maybe it won't work for a .xsession... > I have al

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-09 Thread Thomas Halahan
I have tried #!/bin/bash --login and #!/bin/bash -login in .xsession and neither works. I have also tried just "/bin/bash --login" in the saem file to no avail? I don't know why. Tom On 07 11:45 pm, Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 10:58:52AM -0600, Denis Kosygin wrote:

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 10:58:52AM -0600, Denis Kosygin wrote: > Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:53:59PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > > I tried to put > > > > #! /bin/bash --login > > > as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should=

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Marcelo Ramos
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:07:43PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > Dear deb-users, > > I want my .bash_profile to be read "globally" whenever I log in from > xdm. Previously in Redhat I would start X from /dev/tty1 which was a > login shell. However with debian I log in from xdm, and consequent

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Denis Kosygin
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:53:59PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > I tried to put > > > #! /bin/bash --login > > as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should=20 > > this behave differently to the /etc/X11/Xsession global config? >

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:53:59PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > > Thanks Ethan, > > I tried to put > > > #! /bin/bash --login > > as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should > this behave differently to the /etc/X11/Xsession global config? im not sure that trick wor

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Thomas Halahan
Thanks Ethan, I tried to put > #! /bin/bash --login as the header to my ~/.xsessions file but this did not work. should this behave differently to the /etc/X11/Xsession global config? however the following > if [ -f /etc/environment ]; then > eval env "$(cat /etc/environment)" > fi wo

Re: xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:07:43PM +, Thomas Halahan wrote: > Dear deb-users, > > I want my .bash_profile to be read "globally" whenever I log in from > xdm. Previously in Redhat I would start X from /dev/tty1 which was a > login shell. However with debian I log in from xdm, and consequent

xsession, bash_profile and xdm

2000-11-07 Thread Thomas Halahan
Dear deb-users, I want my .bash_profile to be read "globally" whenever I log in from xdm. Previously in Redhat I would start X from /dev/tty1 which was a login shell. However with debian I log in from xdm, and consequently none of my konsoles (I run KDE2) or xterms (/dev/pts/?) are are login