I think it used to be the case that if you used kdm to login, then .bash_profile would not get sourced by bash (because it's not a login shell). However it appears that the Xsession script in /usr/local/share/config/kdm now sources .bash_profile explicitly if bash is your shell.
My problem is that when .bash_profile is sourced this way, I only pick-up environmental variables, and any aliases or bash functions don't work. They work as expected when I login via a virtual-terminal, so I don't think it is my script. For those who don't have kdm, this is the Xsession file: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #! /bin/sh # Xsession - run as user session=$1 # Note that the respective logout scripts are not sourced. case $SHELL in */bash) [ -z "$BASH" ] && exec $SHELL $0 "$@" set +o posix [ -f /etc/profile ] && . /etc/profile if [ -f $HOME/.bash_profile ]; then . $HOME/.bash_profile elif [ -f $HOME/.bash_login ]; then . $HOME/.bash_login elif [ -f $HOME/.profile ]; then . $HOME/.profile fi ;; # ...OTHER SHELL CASE ENTRIES SNIPPED # esac [ -f /etc/xprofile ] && . /etc/xprofile [ -f $HOME/.xprofile ] && . $HOME/.xprofile case $session in "") exec xmessage -center -buttons OK:0 -default OK "Sorry, $DESKTOP_SESSION is no valid session." ;; failsafe) exec xterm -geometry 80x24-0-0 ;; custom) exec $HOME/.xsession ;; default) exec /usr/local/bin/startkde ;; *) eval exec "$session" ;; esac exec xmessage -center -buttons OK:0 -default OK "Sorry, cannot execute $session. Check $DESKTOP_SESSION.desktop." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"