It looks like environment variables set in .bash_profile are visible to applications started in gnome but not via a shell. For example evolution knows when I modify LC_COLLATE. But how? Here's the invocation chain from login down to evolution -- no shells here. 1710 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemon 14284 ? S 0:00 \_ /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/Disp 14285 tty7 Ss+ 0:43 \_ /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth- 14366 ? S 0:00 \_ pam: gdm-password 14413 ? Ssl 0:00 \_ gnome-session 14523 ? Sl 0:00 \_ metacity 14536 ? S 0:00 \_ gnome-panel 14537 ? S 0:00 \_ nautilus 14542 ? S 0:00 \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib64/firefox-3.5.4/run-mozilla.s 14651 ? Sl 0:41 | \_ /usr/lib64/firefox-3.5.4/firefox 14543 ? Sl 0:17 \_ evolution What am I missing? Thanks - jon -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines