[SOLVED]Problem with bash

Primoz · 2009-03-12 22:18:35

OK I have a strange problem which probably started with me trying to get locale and KDE4.2.1 to work properly.
Anyway when I use Konsole or Yakuake it doesn't show the common [user@hostname] but instead is shows: bash-3.2.
Just like this:

The question is what's easier:
To repair this in current user,
can I repair with skeleton (.skel)?
or to add a new user copy documents of my current user and rename the new user to my user?
As it does work correctly with a new user.

And also if anyone knows what made this happen I would appreciate it.

I suspect that reinstalling of KDE (which was not dome for the first time) had something to do with it, or maybe de deletion of every dot file I had.

Last edited by Primoz (2009-03-12 22:35:23)

haxit · 2009-03-12 22:26:39

Its your PS1 in your .bashrc

Procyon · 2009-03-12 22:32:10

Nothing was sourced that sets your PS1 variable. Things that should get sourced:
/etc/profile <- global stuff, it itself sources some other things that are important
~/.bashrc <- custom settings

What happens when you start bash: (please read man bash "edit: section INVOCATION")
it is a login shell <- /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile
it is not a login shell <- ~/.bashrc

So people tend to use login shells, and put "source ~/.bashrc" in their ~/.bash_profile

It seems that you started a non-login shell, and don't have a .bashrc

Either make a .bashrc that also sources /etc/profile, or start using login shells.

Last edited by Procyon (2009-03-13 14:42:58)

Primoz · 2009-03-12 22:35:04

Yeah it was the lack of PS1 or .bash_profile and .bashrc that made it that way I solved it now.
Sorry for bothering you.

haxit · 2009-03-12 22:35:53

Primoz wrote:

Sorry for bothering you.

It is never a bother.

Procyon · 2009-03-12 22:47:15

By the way, try out 'shopt login_shell'

Primoz · 2009-03-12 23:06:23

Procyon wrote:

By the way, try out 'shopt login_shell'

I'm nt sure what it does. But it says that login_shel is off.
If I write only shopt I get the this list:

 shopt                         
cdable_vars     off                              
cdspell         off                              
checkhash       off                              
checkwinsize    off                              
cmdhist         on                               
compat31        off                              
dotglob         off                              
execfail        off                              
expand_aliases  on                               
extdebug        off                              
extglob         off                              
extquote        on                               
failglob        off                              
force_fignore   on                               
gnu_errfmt      off                              
histappend      off                              
histreedit      off                              
histverify      off                              
hostcomplete    on                               
huponexit       off                              
interactive_comments    on                       
lithist         off                              
login_shell     off                              
mailwarn        off
no_empty_cmd_completion off
nocaseglob      off
nocasematch     off
nullglob        off
progcomp        on
promptvars      on
restricted_shell        off
shift_verbose   off
sourcepath      on
xpg_echo        off

But I have no idea how to change something from off to on or vice versa.

bernarcher · 2009-03-13 00:38:01

shopt is documented in info bash, section Bash Builtins

Primoz · 2009-03-13 14:17:41

bernarcher wrote:

shopt is documented in info bash, section Bash Builtins

Thanks! That's all I need to know. Will take a look at it.

quarkup · 2009-03-13 20:57:01

I got this

PS1="\u\[\e[0;36m\]@\[\e[0m\]\h \[\e[01;31m\]\W\[\e[0;36m\e[0m\]\$ ";
(a example of colorful bash prompt)

good luck

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