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zw963

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Registered: 2018-06-18

Posts: 200

$HOME/.profile not source automatically when start GDM + GNOME session

I run pacman -Syu today, after done, i found all code in my $HOME/.profile not sourced by GNOME + Wayland + GDM.

i have to add `source ~/.profile` manually in my ~/.bashrc to make my start up script work.

so, this is intention, right?

Thank you.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,668

Re: $HOME/.profile not source automatically when start GDM + GNOME session

Yes, ~/.profile is generally unlikely to be sourced by graphical logins. There's https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Enviro … nvironment or https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Enviro … ng_pam_env

zw963

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Registered: 2018-06-18

Posts: 200

Re: $HOME/.profile not source automatically when start GDM + GNOME session

Thanks

How to fix that?

Anyway, `source ~/.profile` in .bashrc is not equivalent graphical logins, because some PATH setting in ~/.profile is gone, e.g. i add a desktop file which run one shell script, but, it can't find it anymore because $PATH is not include it when desktop file is initalize.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,668

Re: $HOME/.profile not source automatically when start GDM + GNOME session

I posted links to other places that ARE being sourced, you need to adjust PATH settings there if you want them to be valid for other parts of your session.