$PATH problem

[youshi10 at u.washington.edu]

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Jonathan Horne wrote:

> i recently switched from KDE to XFCE4.  underneath, i also switch my DM from kdm to slim.  now that slim is operating, my paths have changed significantly when i log in via the GUI login.  my current paths:
>
> [jhorne at athena ~]$ echo $PATH
> ./:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>
> conversly, if i log into this system via ssh or console, i get this (much better):
>
> [jhorne at athena ~]$ echo $PATH
> /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/jhorne/bin
>
> where can i got to change this so that i always have the second set of paths even when im in xfce?  thanks!
>
> jonathan

Not sure about "slim" but I would assume that it's seriously monkeying around with your path variables, so I'd check the config file for the DM.

-Garrett