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[amjjawad HOOHAA <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for your reply but the OP already managed to fix it:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1872753

Thanks again :)

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 3:55 AM, ∅ <maps.backward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  I'm feeling lazy and don't want to make another forum account, even
> though, for lxde, I probably should. That being said, the solution is quite
> simple.
>
> For a login shell, ~/.profile is the go to file. This works where the
> "login" command is being used, i.e. this even works if you open lxterminal
> and then use said command to login within the shell, thereby creating a
> shell (that is using ~/.profile) within a shell (that is not using
> ~/.profile as it does not work for interactive shells). To put the
> questions to rest, this is also what is being employed by the display
> manager to log you in and ultimately start lxde.
>
> I believe the OP wanted to add ~/bin to his $PATH, which, actually,
> ~/.profile does by default, after first checking for the existence of
> ~/bin. Of course, it could be explicitly added with
>
> PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"
>
> but a more elegant solution is certainly the one contained within:
>
> # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
> if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
>     PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
> fi
>
> To make clear what's happening here, if -d checks to see whether the given
> argument exists as a directory. That being said, the comment pretty clearly
> describes in words exactly what is happening.
>
> If you really want to first hand see the effectiveness of ~/.profile, try
> this:
>
> echo "ace-minesweeper" >> ~/.profile
>
> then logout and log back in again. You'll apparently be stuck in purgatory
> between lxdm and lxde with nothing but ace-minesweeper. Finish your game
> and quit and you'll be whisked off to lxde. :D
>
> I'm going to go add this to the wiki now.
>
> wxl/walter
>
>
> On 11/07/2011 10:57 AM, amjjawad HOOHAA wrote:
>
> Please check the OP reply: http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=31421
>
>  On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Andrew Woodhead <
> andrew.woodhead666@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>  On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Ali Linx <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>   A user has a problem and he posted on Ubuntu Forum but got no solution
>>> so he posted on LXDE Forum seeking for help:
>>> http://forum.lxde.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=31421
>>> I don't know anything about what he's asking so hope someone could help
>>> him.
>>>
>>


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