Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?

[Allan Gottlieb]

At Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:22:42 +0000 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:18:56 +0000, Mick wrote:
>
>> > The DE/WM to use is specified by whatever display manager you use.
>> > Setting it in a global configuration file is pointless on a multi-user
>> > system.
>
>> So, where would you specify which DE/WM session the xdm Display
>> Manager will load up for a specific user in a Gentoo set up?
>> (assuming that there is such a thing as a Gentoo default way of doing
>> this).
>
> I used xdm once, that was more than enough. gdm and kdm both have options
> to do this, as did the one whose name I cannot remember that I tried
> once. Alternatively, you can use the XSESSION environment variable or use
> the standard .xinitrc/.xsession way of doing things. I'd either do that
> latter or use a more flexible display manager, I find xdm horrible.

I use gdm and do successfully get my WM set up.

However, I would like to set (augment) PATH early so that, for example,
the gnome panel has the path and hence all the launchers do.

I know it is just one line in the shell
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
but I don't know what file to put it in.

It would be acceptable, but not preferable, if this was set for all
users; the only requirement is that it is set for user gottlieb.

thanks,
allan