Re: /etc/profile and gdm/xdm

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Author: Jeremy C. Reed
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: /etc/profile and gdm/xdm
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004, Mark Phillips wrote:

> Thanks for your response....I tried the following and the environment
> variables I set up in /etc/profile are still not being read:
>
> 1. Created a file .xsession
> 2. Added these lines:
> . /etc/profile
> exec gdm


Don't restart the display manager. The display manager will run
~/.xsession.

exec startkde # or exec blackbox # for example


Jeremy C. Reed

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