On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:07:43PM +0000, 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 consequently > none of my konsoles (I run KDE2) or xterms (/dev/pts/?) are are login > shells by default. This means that my bash profile is not read. > > Q> Is there any way, in .xsessions or otherwise, to load my > bash_profile "globally" when logging in from xdm? >
Try linking ~/.bashrc to ~/.bash_profile: ln -s ~/.bash_profile ~/.bashrc Marcelo. -- ______________________________________________________ ______ _____________ Marcelo Ramos | \/ __ | Debian 2.2 GNU/Linux 2.2.17 | |_/ / Linux registered user #118109 | \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |_____|\/|_____|\_____\ Firma la peticion de drivers para Linux en : http://www.libranet.com/petition.spanish.html