From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from femail29.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.254.60.19]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15gGGh-0008Jy-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2001 19:53:47 -0600 Received: from g2r61.home.com ([24.255.149.198]) by femail29.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20010910015320.LBC559.femail29.sdc1.sfba.home.com@g2r61.home.com> for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:53:20 -0700 From: Collins Richey To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] minor problems with _rc6 Message-Id: <20010909200522.0a0d5288.erichey2@home.com> In-Reply-To: <64009.63.204.249.181.1000084443.squirrel@www.portablehole.net> References: <20010909181208.19b4a3b1.erichey2@home.com> <64009.63.204.249.181.1000084443.squirrel@www.portablehole.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.5.2 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sun Sep 9 19:54:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 20:05:22 -0600 X-Archives-Salt: 08e08fd7-840f-41d2-8083-9e5595112776 X-Archives-Hash: d4429c364a9cee793e8abe2ef5f18e4d On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:14:03 -0700 (PDT) "jano" wrote: > > I can answer one of the questions :) > > > 5) I can't find any way to get the aliases in /etc/profile to be > > recognized when starting an xterm window under xfce. I've tried > > adding a ~/.bashrc that does source /etc/profile. I've added > --login > > to both the startxfce and xfterm scripts. Nothing. If I enter > ls, no > > colorization. If I manually source /etc/profile, then ls works > with > > colorization. What am I missing? > > .bashrc is read when you su without -; otherwise, you need a > .bash_profile. > > But why /etc/profile isn't being read is weird.. it should. > Not even with a .bash_profile does it work -- Collins Richey Denver Area gentoo_rc6 xfce+sylpheed