It looks like environment variables set in .bash_profile are visible to applications started in gnome but not via a shell. For example evolution knows when I modify LC_COLLATE.
But how? Here's the invocation chain from login down to evolution -- no shells here.
1710 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary -nodaemon 14284 ? S 0:00 _ /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/Disp 14285 tty7 Ss+ 0:43 _ /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -br -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth- 14366 ? S 0:00 _ pam: gdm-password 14413 ? Ssl 0:00 _ gnome-session 14523 ? Sl 0:00 _ metacity 14536 ? S 0:00 _ gnome-panel 14537 ? S 0:00 _ nautilus 14542 ? S 0:00 _ /bin/sh /usr/lib64/firefox-3.5.4/run-mozilla.s 14651 ? Sl 0:41 | _ /usr/lib64/firefox-3.5.4/firefox 14543 ? Sl 0:17 _ evolution
What am I missing?
Thanks - jon