From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NKFcv-00041t-3H for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:26:33 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B1FBAE0B17 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:26:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.80.33]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F1FE0857 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:00:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ajglap.localdomain (ool-4578da1c.dyn.optonline.net [69.120.218.28]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nBEH0S83027547 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:29 -0500 (EST) Received: by ajglap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id AC4CC19D922; Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:28 -0500 (EST) From: Allan Gottlieb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)? References: <200912131830.37822.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4B254CEB.80808@gmail.com> <200912132044.00264.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20091213230133.1b4fdb09@digimed.co.uk> <358eca8f0912140318n49ca0305m7771b6833df1d621@mail.gmail.com> <20091214122242.1a325dc4@digimed.co.uk> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:00:28 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20091214122242.1a325dc4@digimed.co.uk> (Neil Bothwick's message of "Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:22:42 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: 1bbe552a-ebb7-4f5e-b2c2-2c050bd499f6 X-Archives-Hash: 98a9c3194bb69e8cfc46fd1521b8ca33 At Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:22:42 +0000 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:18:56 +0000, Mick wrote: > >> > The DE/WM to use is specified by whatever display manager you use. >> > Setting it in a global configuration file is pointless on a multi-user >> > system. > >> So, where would you specify which DE/WM session the xdm Display >> Manager will load up for a specific user in a Gentoo set up? >> (assuming that there is such a thing as a Gentoo default way of doing >> this). > > I used xdm once, that was more than enough. gdm and kdm both have options > to do this, as did the one whose name I cannot remember that I tried > once. Alternatively, you can use the XSESSION environment variable or use > the standard .xinitrc/.xsession way of doing things. I'd either do that > latter or use a more flexible display manager, I find xdm horrible. I use gdm and do successfully get my WM set up. However, I would like to set (augment) PATH early so that, for example, the gnome panel has the path and hence all the launchers do. I know it is just one line in the shell export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH but I don't know what file to put it in. It would be acceptable, but not preferable, if this was set for all users; the only requirement is that it is set for user gottlieb. thanks, allan