This is a problem I've had for a while and I want to finally fix it. If I log in from the console the bash prompt looks fine, and if I do 'ls', directories will appear blue, executable files appear green, and all that neat stuff. However, if I start up Konsole inside KDE, I get an ugly prompt with nothing more than 'bash-2.05b$' (or # if I'm root) and 'ls' doesn't produce colors. Why doesn't Konsole simply rely on the bash configuration files like the non-X console?

Also, I'm just curious how you can erase the command history in Konsole. I know that if you delete ~/.bash_history, it stays there. Where does Konsole store this stuff?

lasindi

Create the file ~/.bash_profile and add what ever you want into it.

For your colors...

#Set up the LS_COLORS and LS_OPTIONS environment variables for color ls:
if [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/zsh" ]; then
eval `dircolors -z`
elif [ "$SHELL" = "/bin/ash" ]; then
eval `dircolors -s`
else
eval `dircolors -b`
fi

To get rid of the bash-2.05b$...

PS1="\u\[@\H\w\[$"

After your done run...

source .bash_profile

To cleary your bash_history on every logout...

(I think it's...)

history -c In your ~/.logout file

What you said will work, except it won't last I load up a new Konsole window. What I mean is, I made the changes to .bash_profile, open Konsole, and enter

and the nice pretty bash prompt I want pops up. However, if I close the window and open Konsole again, we're back to ugly old 'bash-2.05b$'. Any more ideas?

lasindi

Put it into a .bashrc file then.

It works! Thanks a lot.

I don't even have a ~/.logout file. Do you have any other clues as to where the file(s) are?

lasindi

Make a ~/.logout file and put...

into it so that every time you logout your bash history will be erased. If you're clearing it for security reasons you can also limit the amount of lines that the history will save before it start to rewrite itself. The default it 500... i think.

Oh, I see. 'history -c' is just a command. OK, thanks again!

lasindi