konsole under xfce

ninja master · 11-13-2008, 05:24 PM

does not show me as "user@home.org" it shows "sh" or "bash" when root. how do i fix this and set it back to "user@home.org" and also have it show the directory im working in?

THANKS!

johnson_steve · 11-13-2008, 05:33 PM

This has nothing to do with konsole or xfce try this:

Code:

export PS1="\u@\H \w > "

that should do the trick to make it permenent add it to your ~/.bashrc file

johnson_steve · 11-13-2008, 05:33 PM

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T3slider · 11-13-2008, 05:36 PM

I believe that would be the $PS1 variable. Try the following:

Code:

export PS1=\u@\h:\w\$

That should work temporarily. You can edit your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc to make that permanent. From `man bash`:

Code:

       When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a  non-inter-
       active  shell with the --login option, it first reads and executes com-
       mands from the file /etc/profile, if that file exists.   After  reading
       that file, it looks for ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile,
       in that order, and reads and executes commands from the first one  that
       exists  and  is  readable.  The --noprofile option may be used when the
       shell is started to inhibit this behavior.

       When a login shell exits, bash reads and  executes  commands  from  the
       file ~/.bash_logout, if it exists.

       When  an  interactive  shell that is not a login shell is started, bash
       reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc, if that file exists.   This
       may  be inhibited by using the --norc option.  The --rcfile file option
       will force bash to read and  execute  commands  from  file  instead  of
       ~/.bashrc.

From that, I would guess you would want to put the PS1 settings in .bashrc instead of .bash_profile so it is read every time a shell is started. Note that you have to run

Code:

$ . ~/.bashrc

(or `source ~/.bashrc) to load the setting immediately following the change (or log out and back in).

[edit]Too late, I see.

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ninja master · 11-13-2008, 09:30 PM

Code:

export PS1="\u@\H:\w$ "

this is what i was looking for

as for .bashrc i dont have one?!?!?

ok i created a .bashrc, and put

Code:

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

but on restart of Konsole it does not work =(

export PS1 command works fine, but as soon as i restart the konsole it goes back to the sh =(

T3slider · 11-13-2008, 09:39 PM

Log out and back in and it should work, as long as the ~/.bashrc file exists and is readable by your user.

SqdnGuns · 11-13-2008, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ninja master

Code:

export PS1="\u@\H:\w$ "

this is what i was looking for

as for .bashrc i dont have one?!?!?

ok i created a .bashrc, and put

Code:

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

but on restart of Konsole it does not work =(

export PS1 command works fine, but as soon as i restart the konsole it goes back to the sh =(

You need a ~/.bash_profile

Code:

#.bash_profile
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

Create it like you did for the .bashrc

ninja master · 11-13-2008, 09:41 PM

ok i fixed it for good this time! it did have something to do with Konsole.

i had to go to settings, configure konsole.

under the session tab, get this, the "shell" didnt execute anything.

i added a line for it to execute "bash" and viola! i had to change the color scheme as a bright white console is not very friendly to the eyes.

ninja master · 11-13-2008, 09:43 PM

i did log back in and out, but due to the "shell" instance not running bash it did NOTHING. im so happy its fixed now, that was soooo retarded wondering where the heck i was in my directory tree. =)

T3slider · 11-13-2008, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SqdnGuns

You need a ~/.bash_profile

Code:

#.bash_profile
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

Create it like you did for the .bashrc

I have that in my .bash_profile, but is I don't think it's necessary for a non-login shell, is it? Unless I'm reading the man page incorrectly, I think .bashrc is sourced when any non-login shell is started (like Konsole). Right?

Good to hear it's working. Yes, I guess you should be using bash in order for that to work.

Strange that it wasn't automatically selected though.

ninja master · 11-13-2008, 09:47 PM

and i did create .bash_rc .bashrc .bash_profile and restarted many many times. i was really at the point of wtfings. then i did a "session" "linux console" and it showed up the way i wanted it. i inspected the linux console configuration, and thats how i figured out it was not executing bash.

SqdnGuns · 11-13-2008, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T3slider

I have that in my .bash_profile, but is I don't think it's necessary for a non-login shell, is it? Unless I'm reading the man page incorrectly, I think .bashrc is sourced when any non-login shell is started (like Konsole). Right?

Good to hear it's working. Yes, I guess you should be using bash in order for that to work.

Strange that it wasn't automatically selected though.

Dude, I believe you're right now that I think about it. Well, at least it won't break anything.

ninja master · 11-13-2008, 09:48 PM

i was really confused as my konsole under kde and gnome works fine with the ps1, and under xfce it started doing the sh[it] =)

T3slider · 11-13-2008, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SqdnGuns

Dude, I believe you're right now that I think about it. Well, at least it won't break anything.

No, it definitely won't break anything. I just have that in my .bash_profile so in a login shell (ie in runlevel 3) all of my aliases will still work since .bashrc is not sourced in a login shell. It just depends on your usage patterns.

ninja master · 11-15-2008, 05:07 AM

ok back to this sh problem.... when ever i "su" to root, it goes back to "bash" instead of showing my working directory =(

maybe this is because i do not have my .bashrc or .bash_profile in the /root/ directory??? =(