On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 09:47:56AM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 6/9/23 09:33, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Start with .xsessionrc (the Debian hack) and see if that works. Put a > > PATH modification in there, and also put something like > > > > export GENETEST=hello > > > in a $HOME/.xsessionrc had no effect on a new xfce4 terminal.
Did you log out and back in, or did you simply start a new XFCE4 terminal within an existing session? The .xsessionrc file is only read during X session startup, not when running various applications like terminal emulators. (Yes, I know, it's a PAIN to log out and back in, at least for me, and it sounded like for you too... but it's required for this test to be meaningful. It's not urgent, so you can do it when it's convenient.)