How to run .profile, etc

[Chris Green]

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 11:53:56AM -0700, Joe Riel wrote:
> On Thu, 21 May 2020 22:12:02 +0100
> Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 01:04:34PM -0700, Joe Riel wrote:
> > > On Thu, 21 May 2020 21:08:24 +0200
> > > Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk at familieknaak.de> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > Joe Riel <joer at san.rr.com> schrieb am 21. May 2020:
> > > >   
> > > > > When xfce4 starts (I use a graphical login), 
> > > > > how does one get it to run $HOME/.profile or something equivalent?    
> > > > 
> > > > You can add the profile script to the list of application that are
> > > > run when the session starts:
> > > > 	Settings → Session_and_Startup → Application_Autostart → +Add
> > > > 
> > > > ---<)kaimartin(>---  
> > > 
> > > Thanks, that's what I was looking for.
> > >   
> > It's unnecessary, .profile is run anyway.  See my previous comment, if
> > you think it *isn't* being run then there's something wrong somewhere.
> > 
> 
> $HOME/.profile isn't being run.  
> I also have a .bash_profile, which might prevent .profile
> from being run, however, .bash_profile also is not being
> executed.
> 
Well you need to sort that out rather than adding extra complications
like .xprofile IMHO.

Personally I'd go back to basics.  Remove (or rename) .bash_profile,
then put something detectable in .profile and reboot to see if it's
executed.  If it isn't then you need to dig further to find out why.

-- 
Chris Green