On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Anand Raman wrote: ar> HI guys ar> Whenever i login into my system using the graphical mode my .profile ar> doesnt get executed . Can i by any means make this happen ar> I have several classpath and environmental variable set which i need to ar> access You could force it by doing something like the following within your .xinitrc file, if test -f ~/.profile; then . ~/.profile fi though I like the format that calls .bashrc instead and that in turn calls .profile which gurantees that both are called when a bash session is activated. Just use the same format as above within .bashrc, but call .profile there, and for your .xinitrc, call .bashrc. Hope that wasn't too confusing :) ar> Thanx for ur time and help ar> Bye ar> Anand ar> ar> ar> ar> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - New homepage coming soon SuSE Linux v6.2+ - Kernel 2.2.13 "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased." -- Kehlog Albran, "The Profit" -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/