duorastat, golggotmÃnu 2. b. 2003 17.41, Sebastian Seifert ÄÃlii: > Hello, > > I need to set a per-user environment variable that is set on login. How can > I do that in a KDM/Debian-compatible way (i.e. without requiring root to do > dirty things in /etc)? > > I'm using KDM for login. I want to be able to select different window > managers from the login prompt, so I cannot just set up an ~/.xsession file > that sets the variable and then starts kde. > > Is there anything that gets executed upon login (and before starting the > window manager) on a per user basis? Or is there at least a chance to set > the environment variable in a KDE config file (KDE is what is mostly used)? > Here's my .02$, and a method that works for me. Use a file called ~/.xsession, and set your variables there. Here's a snippet from my file:
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