Re: gnome 49 doesn't source /etc/profile - what did I miss?

On 12/14/25 7:51 PM, "Richard" ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing 
List) wrote:
> I updated gnome to the version 49 as in the development systemd book.  Seemed
> like a good idea since glib and webkit needed replacement anyway.  It works
> fine, except environment looks like /etc/profile isn't sourced.
> For example, in a gnome terminal PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/
> sbin:/usr/bin
> 
> Any idea of what I missed?  i.e. any changes to the /etc/ files?
> 
> Thanks very much in advance.

You are probably starting via a display manager.  In my experience, display managers 
do not source ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile.  If starting a virtual terminal such as 
gnome-terminal, it starts bash, but not as a login shell.  Thus it sources ~/.bashrc 
only.

Personally, I do not use a display manager.  I watch the output of the boot process 
and then login.  That runs ~/.bash_profile.  I then start a graphical session via 
'startx'  and the environment then "does the right thing".

The only thing I might suggest is to do something like:

~/.bash_profile
   export DOT_PROFILE=1

!/.bashrc
   if [ x$DOT_PROFILE != x1]; then source ~/.bash_profile; fi

(not tested)

Note that some display managers might run ~/.profile but not ~/.bash_profile.
In that case, create a symlink between them.

   -- Bruce

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