diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 88672fc475..bb8fc423c6 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@
     </listitem>
     -->
  
+    <listitem>
+      <para>October 23rd, 2024</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[Zeckmathederg] - libvdpau-va-gl: Use Bash startup files.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>October 22nd, 2024</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/shareddeps/drivers/libvdpau-va-gl.xml b/shareddeps/drivers/libvdpau-va-gl.xml
index eaed2e3509..d0c6420162 100644
--- a/shareddeps/drivers/libvdpau-va-gl.xml
+++ b/shareddeps/drivers/libvdpau-va-gl.xml
@@ -136,10 +136,11 @@ ldconfig</userinput></screen>
       <title>Configuration</title>
 
       <para>
-        To allow libvdpau to find libvdpau-va-gl, set an environment variable:
+        To allow libvdpau to find libvdpau-va-gl, set an environment variable
+        as the &root; user:
       </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>echo "export VDPAU_DRIVER=va_gl" >> ~/xorg.sh</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>echo "export VDPAU_DRIVER=va_gl" >> /etc/profile.d/xorg.sh</userinput></screen>
 
     </sect2>