On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 04:38:50AM BST, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 01 iul 12, 18:31:24, rjc wrote: > > > > Desktop Environments or Window Managers do not run $SHELL startup > > files, nor should they. > No, but some display managers do :) > At least gdm (and gdm3 IIRC) and kdm do this, which should cover most > users.
GDM sources /etc/profile and it's only to set environment variables, and NOT meant to start programs - other sourced files are distribution-specific. Regards, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120702090652.ga17...@linuxstuff.pl
