On 2015-03-22 20:02, seeker5528 wrote: > Is it a prerequisite? Maybe a bad choice of words.
> It was done in the past so there is a strong argument that is should > continue. Right. > If it is Ubuntu policy that '~/.profile' get sourced by the display > manger, ... Well, I'm not the one who should make statements about the "policy", but I made a couple of remarks below. > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables > > Gives the expectation it should work... Actually I have edited that page, and in connection with doing so I started a thread on the topic at the ubuntu-devel mailing list. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-December/037899.html > But right after they link to > > http://userbase.kde.org/Session_Environment_Variables/en > > Which does not say anything about '/etc/profile' or '~/.profile'. > > So should I take it that I should not expect kdm to source these files > or is the sole purpose of the link to give you additional KDE specific > options? > > And I don't see on the community documentation page anyting about > '~/.xsessionrc' (Debian) or '~/.xprofile' (Redhat). Well, the page is part of an Ubuntu resource, and not an everything Linux ditto. It's also a wiki page, so you are free to edit it. ;) OTOH, I doubt that adding info about all configuration file variants in every Linux distro would be an improvement... > More discussion there than should be had in a bug report for lightdm, > presenting them here so the questions are out there for future thought. Since this bug report was closed long ago, it's unlikely that this is a proper place for your thoughts. I would recommend that you bring the matter up on the ubuntu-devel or ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lightdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794315 Title: lightdm forgets to source /etc/profile and ~/.profile Status in Light Display Manager: Fix Released Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in lightdm package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: lightdm /etc/gdm/Xsession had this code: # First read /etc/profile and .profile test -f /etc/profile && . /etc/profile test -f "$HOME/.profile" && . "$HOME/.profile" # Second read /etc/xprofile and .xprofile for X specific setup test -f /etc/xprofile && . /etc/xprofile test -f "$HOME/.xprofile" && . "$HOME/.xprofile" so that, for example, ~/bin gets added to the path (by the default ~/.profile), and any user-customized environment setup gets run. After switching from gdm to lightdm, this no longer happens. This is going to be a regression now that lightdm is becoming the default display manager. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: lightdm 0.3.7-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39 Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: openafs Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jun 7 19:27:11 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.utf8 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/794315/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
