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Message #125973
[Bug 794315] Re: lightdm forgets to source /etc/profile and ~/.profile
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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