tcsh problem "Unknown color-ls variable 'su' "

grizos · 11-20-2005, 04:46 AM

Well I got 6.14.00-1 tcsh package installed. But when I chsh from bash to tcsh a problem occurs. When I use the su command (to return from root status back to user status) the shell prints a message " Unknown color-ls variable 'su' ". If I chsh to root shell as well I can't su to root anymore. Is that a bug of tcsh? I use unstable Debian so I tried to install 6.13.00-1 tcsh from stable but I didn't find the package. Can anyone help me solve th problem either correcting 6.14.00-1 (if that is the problem after all) or installing 6.13 ? Thank you all very much in advance

Wells · 11-21-2005, 11:50 AM

This is a known bug with tcsh in debian at the moment:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=339406

To get around it, do the following:

$ unsetenv LS_COLORS

grizos · 11-22-2005, 01:49 AM

Thank you Wells. It's ok now.

Wells · 11-22-2005, 08:39 AM

Good to hear. What did you have to do in order to fix the problem?

grizos · 11-22-2005, 10:54 AM

I just did what you told me. Thanks mate