Re: [gentoo-dev] minor problems with _rc6

[jano]

I can answer one of the questions :)

> 5) I can't find any way to get the aliases in /etc/profile to be
> recognized when starting an xterm window under xfce.  I've tried
> adding a ~/.bashrc that does source /etc/profile.  I've added --login
> to both the startxfce and xfterm scripts.  Nothing.  If I enter ls, no
> colorization.  If I manually source /etc/profile, then ls works with
> colorization.  What am I missing?

.bashrc is read when you su without -; otherwise, you need a .bash_profile.

But why /etc/profile isn't being read is weird.. it should.

Hope that helps,
jano


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