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.profile not being loaded?

#1 Post by PlunderingPirate9000 »

Hi,

my `~/.profile` is not being loaded.

Is anyone able to assist me to find out why?

I have neither `.bash_profile` or `.bash_login` files in my home directory.

Is this a bug in Debian 10?
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#2 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

What is your desktop environment and display manager? I don't think LightDM reads ~/.profile, which may be a bug.

EDIT: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=636108
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I'm using XFCE, and presumably lightdm, which is the default?
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#4 Post by PlunderingPirate9000 »

By the way I currently track the testing branch with apt, so this is XFCE 4.14, I believe.
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#5 Post by sunrat »

PlunderingPirate9000 wrote:By the way I currently track the testing branch with apt,...
You should say that when asking for help then. Testing is not Debian 10.
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#6 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

PlunderingPirate9000 wrote:I'm using XFCE, and presumably lightdm
Read my linked bug report, it explains why ~/.profile isn't being read and also how to fix that.
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#7 Post by PlunderingPirate9000 »

Ok I've added the relevant .profile contents to .xsessionrc, presumably this is the anticipated solution?
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