Using SLiM, dmenu's path is incomplete

Question

Due to an issue with the proprietary NVidia drivers causing the virtual consoles to go blank on my graphics card, I need to use a graphical login manager. I've decided on SLiM, however, I have one issue: When I login with SLiM (into XMonad or DWM), applications such as dmenu and GMrun don't detect the path additions that are set in my ~/.bashrc, so I can't use dmenu to launch any of the applications in ~/bin or ~/.cabal/bin. For instance, from urxvt, my path is as follows:
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/drkp/.cabal/bin:/home/drkp/bin
If I "echo $PATH > somefile" from dmenu, it's:
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin/core_perl
What can I do to fix this bevavior?
My /etc/slim.conf (the commented-out login command also doesn't work):
# Path, X server and arguments (if needed)
# Note: -xauth $authfile is automatically appended
default_path /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments -nolisten tcp vt07
# Commands for halt, login, etc.
halt_cmd /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd /usr/sbin/suspend
# Full path to the xauth binary
xauth_path /usr/bin/xauth
# Xauth file for server
authfile /var/run/slim.auth
# Activate numlock when slim starts. Valid values: on|off
# numlock on
# Hide the mouse cursor (note: does not work with some WMs).
# Valid values: true|false
# hidecursor false
# Set cursor to left pointer
cursor left_ptr
# This command is executed after a succesful login.
# you can place the %session and %theme variables
# to handle launching of specific commands in .xinitrc
# depending of chosen session and slim theme
# NOTE: if your system does not have bash you need
# to adjust the command according to your preferred shell,
# i.e. for freebsd use:
# login_cmd exec /bin/sh - ~/.xinitrc %session
login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session > ~/.xerr 2>&1
# Commands executed when starting and exiting a session.
# They can be used for registering a X11 session with
# sessreg. You can use the %user variable
# sessionstart_cmd some command
# sessionstop_cmd some command
# Start in daemon mode. Valid values: yes | no
# Note that this can be overriden by the command line
# options "-d" and "-nodaemon"
# daemon yes
# Available sessions (first one is the default).
# The current chosen session name is replaced in the login_cmd
# above, so your login command can handle different sessions.
# see the xinitrc.sample file shipped with slim sources
sessions xmonad,dwm
# Executed when pressing F11 (requires imagemagick)
screenshot_cmd import -window root /slim.png
# welcome message. Available variables: %host, %domain
welcome_msg Welcome to %host
# Session message. Prepended to the session name when pressing F1
# session_msg Session:
# shutdown / reboot messages
shutdown_msg The system is halting...
reboot_msg The system is rebooting...
# default user, leave blank or remove this line
# for avoid pre-loading the username.
default_user drkp
# Focus the password field on start when default_user is set
# Set to "yes" to enable this feature
focus_password yes
# Automatically login the default user (without entering
# the password. Set to "yes" to enable this feature
#auto_login no
# current theme, use comma separated list to specify a set to
# randomly choose from
current_theme archlinux-soft-grey
# Lock file
lockfile /var/lock/slim.lock
# Log file
logfile /var/log/slim.log
My .bashrc:
# ~/.bashrc
# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
# Aliases
if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
source ~/.bash_aliases
fi
# Misc
eval $(dircolors -b) # Enhance colored ls output
export LESSOPEN="| /usr/bin/src-hilite-lesspipe.sh %s"
export LESS="-R" # Allow colored less output
export EDITOR=vim # Vim as default text editor
export ESCDELAY=1 # Ncurses escape delay
# Path
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.cabal/bin"
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin"
# Prompt
PS1='\[\e[1;34m\][\T] \[\e[0;33m\][\w] \[\e[0;31m\]$\[\e[0m\] '
Last edited by DrKillPatient (2012-09-01 17:07:50)

Answer 1

RAD version is 6.0.1.1
"The project was not built since its build path is incomplete."This is obviously an IBM RAD question then.
See if you can find an IBM RAD forum.
I need this help urgently as I am stuck up.LOL.