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Date:      Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:42:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      youshi10@u.washington.edu
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: $PATH problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.43.0703161242430.30672@hymn07.u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20070316121049.0b9d1c1a.freebsd@dfwlp.com>

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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Jonathan Horne wrote:

> i recently switched from KDE to XFCE4.  underneath, i also switch my DM from kdm to slim.  now that slim is operating, my paths have changed significantly when i log in via the GUI login.  my current paths:
>
> [jhorne@athena ~]$ echo $PATH
> ./:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
> conversly, if i log into this system via ssh or console, i get this (much better):
>
> [jhorne@athena ~]$ echo $PATH
> /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/jhorne/bin
>
> where can i got to change this so that i always have the second set of paths even when im in xfce?  thanks!
>
> jonathan

Not sure about "slim" but I would assume that it's seriously monkeying around with your path variables, so I'd check the config file for the DM.

-Garrett




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