Bug#601578: /etc/gdm3/Xsession sources only $HOME/.profile and not $HOME/.bash_profile

Raghu V Rao raghu.v.rao at gmail.com
Wed Oct 27 13:08:13 UTC 2010


Package: gdm3
Version: 2.30.5-4
Severity: normal

Hello!

/etc/gdm3/Xsession sources only ~/.profile whereas the bash man page says that
~/.bash_profile is used if found before looking for ~/.profile.  If I log in
at command-line login: prompt, ~/.bash_profile is sourced, but if I log in via
gdm3, my .bash_profile is skipped.  For example, my PATH does not have
$HOME/bin prefixed to it.

This ``problem'' is trivial to work around (call the file ".profile" instead
of ``.bash_profile''), but I am reporting this because I think gdm3 should
follow the behaviour as documented in the bash man page: source one of
~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, ~/.profile in that order, whichever is found
first.

Thanks for all your hard work!

Best regards,
Raghu

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gdm3 depends on:
ii  adduser                3.112+nmu1        add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.36            Debian configuration management sy
ii  gconf2                 2.28.1-5          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-session [x-sessi 2.30.2-2          The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  gnome-session-bin      2.30.2-2          The GNOME Session Manager - Minima
ii  gnome-terminal [x-term 2.30.2-1          The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  libart-2.0-2           2.3.21-1          Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0            1.30.0-1          The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1               1:2.4.44-2        Extended attribute shared library
ii  libaudit0              1.7.13-1+b2       Dynamic library for security audit
ii  libbonobo2-0           2.24.3-1          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0         2.24.3-1          The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                  2.11.2-6+squeeze1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2              1.8.10-6          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcanberra-gtk0       0.24-1            Gtk+ helper for playing widget eve
ii  libcanberra0           0.24-1            a simple abstract interface for pl
ii  libdbus-1-3            1.2.24-3          simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2       0.88-2            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1         2.8.0-2.1         generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6           2.4.2-2           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4            2.28.1-5          GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.24.2-1          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0            2.30.0-1          The GNOME library - runtime files
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0      2.30.1-1          A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgtk2.0-0            2.20.1-2          The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2              1:2.14.18-0.1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpam-modules         1.1.1-6.1         Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime         1.1.1-6.1         Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g               1.1.1-6.1         Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpanel-applet2-0     2.30.2-2          library for GNOME Panel applets
ii  libpango1.0-0          1.28.3-1          Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpolkit-gobject-1-0  0.96-3            PolicyKit Authorization API
ii  libpolkit-gtk-1-0      0.96-2            PolicyKit GTK+ API
ii  libpopt0               1.16-1            lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  librsvg2-common        2.26.3-1          SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libselinux1            2.0.96-1          SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libupower-glib1        0.9.5-5           abstraction for power management -
ii  libwrap0               7.6.q-19          Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  libx11-6               2:1.3.3-3         X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                1:1.0.6-1         X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6              1:1.0.3-2         X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxklavier16          5.0-2             X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii  libxml2                2.7.7.dfsg-4      GNOME XML library
ii  lsb-base               3.2-26            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  metacity [x-window-man 1:2.30.1-3        lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  policykit-1-gnome      0.96-2            GNOME authentication agent for Pol
ii  twm [x-window-manager] 1:1.0.4-2         Tab window manager
ii  upower                 0.9.5-5           abstraction for power management
ii  xterm [x-terminal-emul 264-1             X terminal emulator
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages gdm3 recommends:
ii  at-spi                        1.30.1-2   Assistive Technology Service Provi
ii  gnome-icon-theme              2.30.3-1   GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-power-manager           2.32.0-2   power management tool for the GNOM
ii  gnome-settings-daemon         2.30.2-2   daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  x11-xkb-utils                 7.5+5      X11 XKB utilities
ii  xserver-xephyr                2:1.7.7-8  nested X server
ii  xserver-xorg                  1:7.5+8    the X.Org X server
ii  zenity                        2.30.0-1   Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gdm3 suggests:
pn  gnome-mag                     <none>     (no description available)
pn  gnome-orca                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  gok                           <none>     (no description available)
ii  libpam-gnome-keyring          2.30.3-3   PAM module to unlock the GNOME key
ii  metacity                      1:2.30.1-3 lightweight GTK+ window manager

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/gdm3/greeter.gconf-defaults changed:
/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme		Raleigh
/apps/gdm/simple-greeter/logo_icon_name 	debian-swirl
/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager		false
/apps/gnome-power-manager/ui/icon_policy		never


-- debconf information:
* shared/default-x-display-manager: gdm3
  gdm3/daemon_name: /usr/sbin/gdm3





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