Comments on: Setting an environment variable for all your apps http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps scratched tallies on the prison wall Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:18:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dennis Fisher http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122440 Dennis Fisher Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:06:53 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122440 Did you ever find a solution to this elsewhere? I'm quite interested in this as well. Did you ever find a solution to this elsewhere? I’m quite interested in this as well.

]]> By: Peter Oliver http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122109 Peter Oliver Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:20:35 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122109 CDE sources your profile at login if you set DTSOURCEPROFILE=true in ~/.dtprofile. It sounds like this is the behaviour you're after. You could get this by creating a .xsession that starts #!/bin/bash --login CDE sources your profile at login if you set DTSOURCEPROFILE=true in ~/.dtprofile. It sounds like this is the behaviour you’re after.

You could get this by creating a .xsession that starts
#!/bin/bash –login

]]> By: Michael Maclean http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122061 Michael Maclean Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:28:04 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122061 Oh, I didn't realise it was after the autostart apps. But then, I don't have any :) Oh, I didn’t realise it was after the autostart apps. But then, I don’t have any :)

]]> By: karl http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122058 karl Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:41:51 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122058 Well it doesn't sound like there is any single clean way of accomplishing it at the mo then. You can get anything run before starting your session using ~/.dmrc ~/.xsession and ~/.profile. in ~/.dmrc [Desktop] Session=default in ~/.xsession (assuming your still using gnome) export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/Settings gnome-session in ~/.profile add your XDG_CONFIG_HOME line to the end (or beginning) too. .profile wont be read till after things have autostarted, but that dont matter as the var is already exported in ~/.xsession. It is only there for when you open terminals/bash/dash. Well it doesn’t sound like there is any single clean way of accomplishing it at the mo then.

You can get anything run before starting your session using ~/.dmrc ~/.xsession and ~/.profile.

in ~/.dmrc
[Desktop]
Session=default

in ~/.xsession (assuming your still using gnome)
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/Settings
gnome-session

in ~/.profile add your XDG_CONFIG_HOME line to the end (or beginning) too. .profile wont be read till after things have autostarted, but that dont matter as the var is already exported in ~/.xsession. It is only there for when you open terminals/bash/dash.

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122057 sil Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:05:59 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122057 Michael Maclean: aha. Yes. It does get run. *After* your autostart applications are autostarted. Useful, I don't think. :) Michael Maclean: aha. Yes. It does get run. *After* your autostart applications are autostarted. Useful, I don’t think. :)

]]> By: Michael Maclean http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122053 Michael Maclean Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:28:31 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122053 I can confirm that ~/.profile is called when you log in - I use it to load the colour profile for my monitor, and so just after I log in first the screen does a noticeable colour shift. I can confirm that ~/.profile is called when you log in - I use it to load the colour profile for my monitor, and so just after I log in first the screen does a noticeable colour shift.

]]> By: karl http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122038 karl Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:12:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122038 You will find that ~/.profile is parsed when you login both via gdm (with almost all sessions managers too) and when you ssh in. Go ahead and try it: echo ".profile was called" >> $HOME/bash-startup You will find that ~/.profile is parsed when you login both via gdm (with almost all sessions managers too) and when you ssh in.

Go ahead and try it:
echo ”.profile was called” >> $HOME/bash-startup

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122037 sil Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:38:27 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122037 <pre style="font-size:80%">Tester: .bashrc isn't sourced as part of startup. I know this because I wrote echo "I was called" >> $HOME/bash-startup in .bashrc and reboted the machine; no bash-startup file was created.</pre> Tester: .bashrc isn't sourced as part of startup. I know this because I wrote echo "I was called" >> $HOME/bash-startup in .bashrc and reboted the machine; no bash-startup file was created. ]]> By: Tester http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122036 Tester Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:36:54 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122036 I think .bashrc is loaded whenever bash is started.. And the gdm startup is a bash script (or maybe you use a crappy distro that uses another shell for gdm? Maybe this shell has an equivalent file?) On a unix system, I'll bet there's a shell somewhere in starting mostly anything. I think .bashrc is loaded whenever bash is started.. And the gdm startup is a bash script (or maybe you use a crappy distro that uses another shell for gdm? Maybe this shell has an equivalent file?) On a unix system, I’ll bet there’s a shell somewhere in starting mostly anything.

]]> By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/08/03/setting-an-environment-variable-for-all-your-apps#comment-122034 sil Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:32:20 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/days/?p=1533#comment-122034 Roberto: you're all comedy all the time, you are :-) Roberto: you’re all comedy all the time, you are :-)

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