/etc/profile.d/ scripts do not run in runlevel 5 [solved]

jstech · 2006-02-11 04:28:43

I recently switched from booting into runlevel 3, and starting X with startx to booting to runlevel 5 and using XDM. The odd thing, however, is that now my /etc/profile.d/* scripts do not run when I login, so my $PATH is incorrect--preventing many apps from running without absolute paths (e.g. Firefox).

Anyone know when these scripts are called, and by what, and how I get XDM to do the same thing as non-graphical login in this area?

Cerebral · 2006-02-11 05:09:51

You could add:

source /etc/profile

to your .xinitrc - that oughta do it if you're using XDM.

Snowman · 2006-02-11 06:17:16

Cerebral wrote:

You could add:
source /etc/profile
to your .xinitrc - that oughta do it if you're using XDM.

Actually, XDM uses ~/.xsession instead of ~/.xinitrc. Following Cerebral's suggestion and creating a symlink to your ~/.xinitrc will work.

Cerebral · 2006-02-11 14:32:10

Snowman wrote:

Actually, XDM uses ~/.xsession instead of ~/.xinitrc. Following Cerebral's suggestion and creating a symlink to your ~/.xinitrc will work.

Heheh... oops. Forgot about that, and I've had those two files symlinked for ages. Thanks for the save, snowman.

jstech · 2006-02-11 15:52:33

Thanks--that fixed it.

And I'd noticed that XDM used .xsession, but the symlink is a good idea--I had just copied the file. No sense in redundancy.

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#1 2006-02-11 04:28:43

/etc/profile.d/ scripts do not run in runlevel 5 [solved]

#2 2006-02-11 05:09:51

Re: /etc/profile.d/ scripts do not run in runlevel 5 [solved]

#3 2006-02-11 06:17:16

Re: /etc/profile.d/ scripts do not run in runlevel 5 [solved]

#4 2006-02-11 14:32:10

Re: /etc/profile.d/ scripts do not run in runlevel 5 [solved]

#5 2006-02-11 15:52:33

Re: /etc/profile.d/ scripts do not run in runlevel 5 [solved]

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