On Thu, 2009-11-05 at 02:02 +0000, Allen Halsey wrote: > Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh <at> pacbell.net> writes: > > > > 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... > See this excellent post by Chris Tyler where he explores the sequence of events > leading to execution of .bash_profile: > > http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/122-Wednesday-Why-Logins-and-Sessions.html > > The critical line is in the /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession script: > > exec -l $SHELL -c "$SSH_AGENT $DBUS_LAUNCH gnome-session" > > where SHELL is bash. Thanks. The article seems to be about the exact question I asked. (Haven't had a chance to read it yet.) 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
