From: Joe Kelsey <joek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > GDM sources ~/.profile as part of Xsession. Therefore, all subprocesses > of gnome-session inheirit the environment set up by GDM/Xsession. This actually came up as a problem last week for us. GDM reads .profile pretty early in the process, then, as it goes to start the gnome session, prepends /usr/bin to the front of the $PATH . This results in an environment where the user is unable to set, within his/her .profile, $PATH in a way that newer versions of applications that may live in other directories than /usr/bin . For instance, as new versions of java come in house, they are NOT installed as the /usr/bin version - instead, they are installed elsewhere and only after sufficient testing do they go into /usr/bin. Users before GNOME were able to set their $PATH in $HOME/.profile and know that during the login process, that PATH would be used to locate applications. Now, with GDM putting /usr/bin unconditionally in front of the newer versions of those directories, older versions of java are being picked up. Of course, the same is true for any other command in /usr/bin ... -- Tcl - The glue of a new generation. <URL: http://wiki.tcl.tk/ > Larry W. Virden <mailto:lvirden@xxxxxxx> <URL: http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/> Even if explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should be construed as representing my employer's opinions. -><-
