adapted $PATH not available for GUI

[houghi at houghi.org]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 08:17:12PM +0000, RW wrote:
> > So where does it get the info
> > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games comes from?
> 
> That's not relevant. Your problem is that your settings aren't
> being used because there isn't a real login, so something else has to
> source .profile or equivalent. The last time I used KDM, it had a
> bit of script to find the user's shell and source the appropriate files.
> Your lightweight manager probably doesn't do anything at all about
> this, so you have to do it yourself. Either put it where you have it or
> look at the documentation for lightdm for an alternative place.

Look at my other posting. It does not source anything. One would expect it
to source any of the files mentioned, but it doesn't.

houghi
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