Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:27:16 -0800 From: Fred Condo <fcondo@csuchico.edu> To: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Setting environment variables for an X session Message-ID: <36D1CBB4.B8C4FF50@csuchico.edu>
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I've been administering Unix servers since 1993 and FreeBSD servers since 1996, but I have only in the last week started using the X window system (part of my quest to eliminate my dependence on MacOS and Windows). I have been very successful ever since I resigned myself to not have accelerated graphics until I get a more-supported video card. One thing I do not understand is where to set environment variables such as NNTP_SERVER or LD_LIBRARY_PATH (for real video) or MANPATH (I can't get xman to see local man pages, for example). When I used only text or telnet modes, I set these in .profile. Here is how I have X set up: /etc/ttys says: ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure $HOME/.xinitrc says: #!/usr/local/bin/bash exec /usr/X11R6/bin/wmaker I use bash as my shell. I have tried setting environment variables in .profile and in .bashrc; setting them in .bashrc makes them carry over into xterm sessions, but WindowMaker doesn't seem to get them when, for example, launching Netscape from a WindowMaker dock icon. Is there a (quasi-)canonical way to do this? -- Fred Condo + fcondo@csuchico.edu + http://webclass.csuchico.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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