#1150285 base-files: /usr/games missing from global PATH in Wayland sessions (KDE Plsma)

Package:
base-files
Source:
base-files
Description:
Debian base system miscellaneous files
Submitter:
Matias
Date:
2026-10-08 01:03:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1150285#5
Date:
2026-10-08 00:17:34 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,
Under debian 13 trixie running a KDE plasma wayland session, /usr/gmes is not automatically appended to the user's environment $PATH. As a result, all classical games installed from the official repositories into /usr/games fail to launch via their .desktop menu shortcuts, throwing executable not found errors, unless the user manually adds the directory to ~/.config/environment.d/ This path was historically available by default in X11 sessions and its absense breaks desktop integration for the entire games section
#1150285#10
Date:
2026-10-08 01:01:53 UTC
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is a bug in base-files?

Unless you changed it, you can find the /usr/games directory in both
/etc/profile and /etc/login.defs, but only for regular users (as it's
proper).

Are you trying to execute those games under the root user maybe?