where to set variables like PATH, CUPS_SERVER...

[Gary L. Greene Jr.]

On Monday 14 February 2005 12:43 pm, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Monday 14 February 2005 18:25, gregor wrote:
> > 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.
>
> You could try it with a restart.
>
> Other possibility: try it in /etc/login.defs
> Look for ENV_PATH
>
> I admit I have hacked it into startkde though.
>
> Maybe gdm has some file where it can set variables depending on started
> session?
>
> Cheers,
> Kevin

Also, if you read the contents of startkde, it allows this functionality by 
adding two directories and various env scripts in them. These dirs are 
$KDEDIRS/env and $KDEDIRS/shutdown.

-- 
Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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