where to set variables like PATH, CUPS_SERVER...

gregor webmaster at ein-elch.de
Mon Feb 14 17:25:50 GMT 2005


both are now set in /etc/profile, /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc, but that 
still does not solve the problem. i logged in and out and inside kde nothing 
changed, even after restarting gdm. do i even have to restart my computer?
i'm using Debian/Sarge with KDE 3.3.2.

On Monday 14 February 2005 17:49, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> Your terminals show the changes because the read more shell configuration
> files. Well actually bash reads them when started as an interactive shell,
> the bash running startkde isn't interactive.
>
> If those variable should be set for more than one user, you should set them
> in some global configuration file, for example /etc/profile or whatever
> your distribution uses.
>
> If it is single user only, it depends which version of KDE you are running.
>
> Btw, also set KDEDIRS to include both KDE directories, the one where your
> package manager installed base KDE and the one you install to.
>
> For example if your distribution installs in /usr, KDEDIRS could look like
> this
> export KDEDIRS=/usr:/usr/local/kde
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin
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