Hello, I'm on debian sid, and I use xfce4, logging in with GDM (so i don't use startx). when i put environment settings into /etc/bash.bashrc or ~/.bashrc, they only have effect when I run bash on a virtual terminal like aterm (is this correct?). I'd like to set them after I log in, for example so I can use X programs that require a change in the path. I tried to set this in /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile, /etc/Xsession and ~/.xsession. But no succes. I even tested these files with the following: this is in every file I mentioned (only the filenames changed): "PROG=/etc/X11/Xsession . /home/victor/log" and /home/victor/log = "LOGFILE=/home/victor/boot echo Script: $PROG run >> $LOGFILE echo PATH: $PATH >> $LOGFILE echo >> $LOGFILE" when I check /home/victor/boot, it says nothing unless I run it after running aterm. It seems like only /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc are run. So where do I have to put my things which have to be set after I login. And is there something wrong with my log-system, or are those files not even run on a debian system? If so, how does this work with debian? Thanks, Victor.

Are you using bash as your main shell? Check by looking at /etc/passwd.

I am using bash. I've read somewhere that a solution is to make an custom /etc/init.d/rc.local, so that's what I did. So the problem is solved. However, I do not understand why the profile files don't get logged, I think they aren't even run. Victor

How about putting it into ~/.xinitrc?