On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 10:17:01AM +1000, David wrote: > I'm not using the Debian default. I use ~/bin/_my_export to set umask, > and it works. I don't have time to experiment with that for this thread.
Yeah, totally understandable. I hate logging out and back in. Way too many of my things are still started/moved by hand. > Inside lxterminal: > [david@kablamm ~]$ pstree -s $$ > systemd───lightdm───lightdm───lxsession───lxpanel───x-terminal-emul───bash───pstree > > which is consistent with my homemade trace posted in previous message: > lightdm(1310) > lightdm(1393) > lxsession(1414) > lxpanel(1503) > > x-terminal-emul(2403) > bash(2433) . ~/.bashrc Thanks. Hmm. Perhaps you're using a different version of LXDE than the OP, and they have different behaviors. Or perhaps I misunderstood something the OP posted. Or perhaps one of the processes that starts with "lx" is clearing the environment on its own.