terminal problem [solved]

[ilia_kr]

Hi there.

After i reinstalled 2007.1 on my pc, i encountered a strange problem: when i use terminal (both in Gnome and KDE) as a regular user, i only get this string:

$

while when i become root:

[root@mdk Desktop]#

 

I can't scroll my CLI history if i a normal user, all i get is this:

$ ^[[A^[[B

 

Please help. Thanks.

Edited August 4, 2007 by ilia_kr

[tyme]

It sounds like your user isn't using the bash shell (that's my best guess, anyways). I'm not 100% sure where this is set right now, however.

[ilia_kr]

How can i check that?

[scarecrow]

Do you have in your personal folder a .bashrc file, and probably a couple more bash related? ( .bash_profile , .bash_history ).

Get sure you have full access to all of them, and if necessary delete/rename .bash_profile.

Can you post here the contents of .bashrc (if it exists, that is)?

[Steve Scrimpshire]

You can change your user's login shell in /etc/passwd. The best way to do this, though, is through userdrake.

I'm not 100% sure this will do the trick, but probably will.

[scoonma]

You can easily check by "set | more" in a terminal window. Set your preferred shell using the "chsh" command (or by userdrake). Normally you should have a bash shell (since it's Mandriva default); i.e. if you did not change your shell before intentionally, it should be bash. Your prompt string should be set as follows:

 

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "33]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME}: ${PWD}?7"'

 

This is from /etc/bashrc, where system wide definitions for bash are set. AFAIRC the path of this file has changed compared to earlier versions, so this could be the source of your problem.

[ilia_kr]

Do you have in your personal folder a .bashrc file, and probably a couple more bash related? ( .bash_profile , .bash_history ).

Get sure you have full access to all of them, and if necessary delete/rename .bash_profile.

Can you post here the contents of .bashrc (if it exists, that is)?

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi


# This line was appended by KDE
# Make sure our customised gtkrc file is loaded.
export GTK2_RC_FILES=$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0

 

Userdrake sais i use bsh instead of bash, so i guess that was a problem. I wonder who may have changed this?

Edited August 4, 2007 by ilia_kr

[ilia_kr]

I'm OK now, set the default shell in userdrake. Thanks everyone !