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[Andy]

Michael Brandtner wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 02.10.2004, 10:57 -0400 schrieb David M. Carney:
>>So my program is installed and my problem fixed, but I'm still kinda
>>curious why I couldn't change the path by updating the /etc/profile
>>file.
> 
> 
> The same here.
In case you're interested - I've raised another thread on a similar 
issue (".bash_profile not run when using graphical login"). Basically 
the .bash_profile (and possibly as you say /etc/profile) don't get run 
if you log in via Gnome and then open a terminal window because by 
default Bash only runs them for logon sessions (see "man bash"). 
However, some distros (e.g. Mandrake) do get them to run under these 
circumstances and I think that it would be a good idea here. I'm going 
to try to find out how Mandrake do it and possibly raise a bug for the 
issue.

HTH
Andy