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backrow · #2 **(View Single Post)** 25th February 2012

Sounds like the Gnome terminal isn’t triggering a login shell.

From ksh(1):

Code:

     -l      Login shell.  If the basename the shell is called with (i.e.
             argv[0]) starts with `-' or if this option is used, the shell is
             assumed to be a login shell and the shell reads and executes the
             contents of /etc/profile and $HOME/.profile if they exist and are
             readable.

From xterm(1):

Code:

       -ls     This option indicates that the shell that is started in the
               xterm window will be a login shell (i.e., the first character
               of argv[0] will be a dash, indicating to the shell that it
               should read the user's .login or .profile).

-ls seems to be the default behavior for my xterm. The equivalent for Gnome terminal may not be the default.