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Can only start Konsole as root user


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I'm running Mandrake 10 Official with 2.6.3-7 kernel and I have this problem: I can't launch Konsole as a regular user, it just opens the Konsole window and hangs there, doesn't show command prompt. When I log in as root it works fine. Also, when I go to Configure Your Computer it asks me for a root password and then says that SU command not found. I logged in as root and su command was working fine.

 

This started happening after I installed Azureus (java version of Bittorrent) and tried adding it to path. I edited etc/rc.local and added PATH=$PATH:/home/... I know, this is probably wrong, I'm a newbie and I coulodn't find a FAQ how to add a program to search path. Also I uninstalled wxPython and some python libs that day. I tried commenting that line in rc.local but that didn't help.

 

I think the problem is that the program search path is screwed up when I log in as a regular user. Any suggestions?

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I would take that entry out of /etc/rc.local and put it in your users ~/.bash_profile. Put just the path directory (/home in this case) after the entry that is already there separated by a semicolon ( ; )

 

That should fix your issue. I would imagine it will.

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what default shell does your user have and is that shell installed ???

 

edits

 

also try another user.... can this one open the shell.

The default shell is /bin/bash. I know it's installed because it works when I login as root. I created another user and it didn't help, same problem.

 

Also, I tried running Konsole from run line, same thing.

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