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#1 2010-06-18 20:12:15

iSimon
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Registered: 2010-06-18
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Console?

I just installed my archlinux, and now im installing gnome. It tells me to open the console, which seems to switch from # to $. How do i do this? :S

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#2 2010-06-18 20:29:00

loafer
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Re: Console?

What are you actually trying to do?  Where are you up to in the install process?  Are you following the Beginners Guide?


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#3 2010-06-18 20:35:29

denisfalqueto
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Re: Console?

@iSimon: you are being asked to execute commands as root. The simbol # is used by default by bash to inform that the current user is root and $ for normal users. If you don't know how to change from one to another, I advice you to read some introduction on Linux first. You'll be much more prepared to manage your system. Google shows me this as first result: http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/

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#4 2010-06-18 20:47:28

iSimon
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Re: Console?

Ahh, i was logged in under the root user, thats why. Ill try this again

Thanks for the quick response!

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#5 2010-06-19 17:15:35

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Re: Console?

And for future reference, if you want to change $ to # for a given user, read up on the PS1 environment variable.


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#6 2010-06-20 12:14:33

lastchancetosee
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Re: Console?

And for additional future reference:

If you want to switch between users in console, use 'su':

[user1@host ~]$ su -
Password: 
[root@host ~]# su - user2
[user2@host ~]$ logout
[root@host ~]# logout
[user1@host ~]$

I find it very helpful to change the color of the root prompt so that I have 'root' in red, that way I never forget that I'm in a root shell. You can read about the PS1 environment variable in the Arch Wiki.


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