LD_LIBRARY_PATH unset

Hi,

I have just installed Red Hat Enterpresie 4 and have a problem with 
LD_LIBRARY_PATH which is set in my .bash_profile but appears unset in 
all shells. I have even placed a setenv > log as the last statement in 
the .bash_profile, the file does contain the correct LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
definition.

Needless to say, there is an export statement for LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
All other environment definitions including PATH are correctly preserved.
I am using GNOME

martinR