.bash_profile and xdm/KDE on Debian etch

From: Scott Denlinger (sbd_at_u.arizona.edu)
Date: 10/19/05

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    I recently made the switch to XOrg from XFree86 when I updated my Debian testing
    box, and since I prefer to log into a shell then use 'startx' to get into X, I
    used 'update-rc.d' to get rid of xdm in init.d. Before I did this, though, I
    noticed some interesting behavior. If I logged into my machine from xdm, all
    the $PATH variables I configured in my .bash_profile file didn't get loaded
    when I opened a terminal window in KDE. The only way I could get them
    initialized was to 'source .bash_profile' after I opened a bash terminal
    window.

    However, once I removed xdm and started X/KDE from the bash shell using
    'startx', all my $PATH values were initialized in my xterm windows in X. I'm
    sure this has to do with the fact that I was already in a bash shell before I
    started X/KDE, but why would my .bash_profile file not get read when I started
    KDE from xdm? Ultimately, I always want to start X from a shell, so it's not a
    critical issue for me, but in case I change my mind at some point, is there
    something about the way xdm or KDE starts which keeps it from sourcing a
    .bash_profile file? How can I configure xdm or KDE to read in these files if
    they don't?

    Thanks.

    Scott Denlinger
    sbd@u.arizona.edu 

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