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[Derek Martin <794315@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sigh.   Display managers should NEVER source .profile at all... that
file is exclusively for interactive shells, as is explicitly stated in
all of the man pages of every shell ever.  I just opened Bug #1468832
about this, where I also explained how to properly accomplish what
people want here.

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Title:
  lightdm forgets to source /etc/profile and ~/.profile

Status in Light Display Manager:
  Fix Released
Status in lightdm package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in lightdm package in Debian:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: lightdm

  /etc/gdm/Xsession had this code:
    # First read /etc/profile and .profile
    test -f /etc/profile && . /etc/profile
    test -f "$HOME/.profile" && . "$HOME/.profile"
    # Second read /etc/xprofile and .xprofile for X specific setup
    test -f /etc/xprofile && . /etc/xprofile
    test -f "$HOME/.xprofile" && . "$HOME/.xprofile"
  so that, for example, ~/bin gets added to the path (by the default ~/.profile), and any user-customized environment setup gets run.

  After switching from gdm to lightdm, this no longer happens.  This is
  going to be a regression now that lightdm is becoming the default
  display manager.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: lightdm 0.3.7-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-3.10-generic 2.6.39
  Uname: Linux 2.6.39-3-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jun  7 19:27:11 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: lightdm
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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