Feature Request: Provide a single configuration file for user settings
Bug #134378 reported by
Philipp Kohlbecher
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Bug Description
I want to set a number of environment variables on login (LC_* and PATH, for example). I want these settings to take effect regardless of whether I log in through gdm or the virtual console.
I do not think that there is a single configuration file in my home directory that gets sourced on both types of login.
(I know that I could work around this by including something like "source my_configuratio
Obviously, this is not an issue with ubuntu specifically--as far as I know, all Linux distributions have this problem.
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Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https:/ /answers. launchpad. net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs.
You may find informations about your particular problem at https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ EnvironmentVari ables
Thanks.