Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:23:44 +0300 From: Mykola Dzham <freebsd@levsha.org.ua> To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg-7.3 xdm ignores /etc/login.conf Message-ID: <20070921152344.GL30765@expo.ukrweb.net> In-Reply-To: <46EA9419.4050402@gmx.de> References: <46EA9419.4050402@gmx.de>
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[LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > Since the update xdm seems to ignore environment variables set in > /etc/login.conf such as PATH or LANG. I've tried inserting > > printenv > ~/.env > > into my ~/.xsession and the result looks rather bleak. E.g. PATH looks like this: > PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin > > Which seems to be some kind of xdm default. LANG is not even set. > > Executing > su - $USER > > leads to the correct PATH and LANG settings: > PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/home/kamikaze/bin > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > MM_CHARSET=UTF-8 > > But of course this will cast away variables like DISPLAY, so putting the line > into my .xsession is not really a satisfying solution. > > Does anyone else encounter this problem? Are there any suggestions how to get > behind the reason or even a solution? I hawe same problem after upgrade xdm. -- Mykola Dzham, LEFT-(UANIC|RIPE) JID: levsha@jabber.net.ua
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