[SOLVED] hostname missing in CLI

doctore · 04-14-2015, 10:54 AM

Bare with the noob here

For some reason, when I open terminal, the prompt has changed from the usual user@localhost to user@xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx where the xx are numbers/letters, I am assuming hexadecimals?

Why?

The title bar of the terminal window still shows user@localhost:~ , HOSTNAME is still localhost.localdomain, so whats with the gibberish at the prompt?

Head_on_a_Stick · 04-14-2015, 11:01 AM

Post the content of ~/.bashrc and the output of:

Code:

echo $PS1
echo $PROMPT_COMMAND

doctore · 04-14-2015, 11:06 AM

~/.bashrc

Quote:

# .bashrc

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

# Uncomment the following line if you don't like systemctl's auto-paging feature:
# export SYSTEMD_PAGER=

# User specific aliases and functions

echo $PS1

Quote:

PS1

echo $PROMPT_COMMAND

Quote:

__vte_prompt_command

doctore · 04-14-2015, 11:13 AM

Well, I managed to get it back going to Settings>System>Details and changing the gibberish under Device Name to the old one. Still no idea why that happened... and why $HOSTNAME was showing localhost.localdomain, but under Device Name was that gibberish.

exvor · 04-14-2015, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doctore

~/.bashrc

echo $PS1

echo $PROMPT_COMMAND

Im going to assume that the reason for this was the PS1 output you posted. That should show some formatting information along with an escape \h i belive it is to display the host

something like

Code:

PS1="\u@\h"

jefro · 04-14-2015, 02:44 PM

In shell what does hostname command return just for grins?

doctore · 04-14-2015, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jefro

In shell what does hostname command return just for grins?

Now it returns the hostname, but that's after I entered it in the GUI.

$PS1 also shows "proper" output now.