[SOLVED] different shell in tty

othersamo_ · 2021-03-11 16:05:24

Hello,
I am a zsh user and since I use zsh, I added a theme to it - p10k. The problem is, however, that in tty(2-6) instead of icons, only pure white squares are displayed which is quite understandable since tty does not have that good graphical capabilities.

That's why I was thinking about changing shell only for tty(2-6). Is it possible and does anyone know how to deal with it, thank you!

My ~/.zshrc:
https://pastebin.com/kaaer82y

Last edited by othersamo_ (2021-03-13 17:41:54)

seth · 2021-03-11 16:38:25

The typical approch would be to check ther terminal type/capacities (or parenting process because I actually don't want a powerline in mc either…) before setting your prompt…

read pcomm < /proc/$PPID/comm
if [ "$pcomm" = "mc" ]; then
…
elif [ "$pcomm" = "login" ]; then
…
else
…
fi

Maniaxx · 2021-03-11 17:13:02

'tty' can be used as well to conditionally spawn 'exec bash'. Or log in as another user and define shell in /etc/passwd.

Last edited by Maniaxx (2021-03-11 17:13:58)

othersamo_ · 2021-03-13 17:41:33

seth wrote:

The typical approch would be to check ther terminal type/capacities (or parenting process because I actually don't want a powerline in mc either…) before setting your prompt…
read pcomm < /proc/$PPID/comm
if [ "$pcomm" = "mc" ]; then
…
elif [ "$pcomm" = "login" ]; then
…
else
…
fi

Thank you, I managed to solve it using this skeleton!

Arch Linux

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[SOLVED] different shell in tty

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