What is the difference in running bash from gnome and running the shell using a different virtual shell (using function keys to get to text only) ?

Main problem/irritation is that I keep getting 'Command not found' when trying to run scripts/programs while in a Terminal under gnome that work perfectly fine when running under a virtual shell. I am assuming it has something to do with the environment paths or something. What is the problem? How can I fix it?

Thanks,

tony

Yeah, it does have to do with paths, namely the $PATH variable.

Go to an X-based terminal (the one in gnome) and type `echo $PATH`
now go to the F1 terminal and type the same thing. Compare the output, and post it here so we can see what gets sourced and what doesn't.

Good luck!

There should be no difference.

If you open a terminal window in Gnome, it should read your .bash_profile and/olr your .basrhrc files to set up your environment. If you press CTRL-ALT-F2 to open a terminal session, it should read your .bash_profile and/or your .bashrc files to set up your environment.

The only thing I can think of is that somewhere (maybe even in /etc/bashrc) something looks to see if you are running inside a DE/WM, like gnome, and modifies your environment if that is or is not the case.

Here is the 2 dumps....

env (from gnome)
SSH_AGENT_PID=2997
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
TERM=xterm
SHELL=/bin/bash
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
HISTSIZE=1000
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/tony/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
WINDOWID=37748810
OLDPWD=/etc/sysconfig
USER=tony
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36i=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01r=01;05;37;41:mi= 01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=00;32:*.com=00;32:*.btm=00;32:*.bat=00;32:*.sh=00;32:*.csh=00 ;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz =00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*.bz=00;31:*.tz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.cpio=00;31:*.jpg=00;35:*.gif=00;35:*.bmp=00;3 5:*.xbm=00;35:*.xpm=00;35:*.png=00;35:*.tif=00;35:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-nJbICB2996/agent.2996
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-UYsjxC/socket
SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2972
PATH=/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/tony/bin
DESKTOP_SESSION=default
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/tony
PWD=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GDMSESSION=default
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
SHLVL=3
HOME=/root
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
LOGNAME=tony
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-CZEvi2hoGd
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
DISPLAY=:0.0
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
XAUTHORITY=/root/.xauthwDJiga
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
_=/usr/bin/env

****************************************
dump from virtual shell
HOSTNAME=localhost.localdomain
TERM=linux
SHELL=/bin/bash
HISTSIZE=1000
USER=root
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36i=40;33:so=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01r=01;05;37;41:mi= 01;05;37;41:ex=01;32:*.cmd=01;32:*.exe=01;32:*.com=01;32:*.btm=01;32:*.bat=01;32:*.sh=01;32:*.csh=01 ;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz =01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;3 5:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.tif=01;35:
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/root
PATH=/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
PWD=/root
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
SHLVL=1
HOME=/root
LOGNAME=root
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
_=/bin/env

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thanks for any help

First difference I see is that you logged into your gnome terminal as you, but into the virtual shell as root. Two different users == two different $PATHs.

One environment is for the user "tony" while the other is for the "root" user.

If you su to root use: su -
a second way is to run "bash -l" after su'ing to root. This will set up the root environment.
The "-l" option is for a login shell.

Ok, thanks. I had assumed that when I 'su' to root access that it would load that user's environment even if I originally logged into machine with my name.

Did not know about 'su -'

Thanks,

Tony