Is konsole different under KDE 3.1

Baran · 09-26-2003, 04:09 AM

I guess I have a problem with my KDE 3.1, when I open a console under KDE and write

ldconfig

for instance it gives an error, (this is same for other commands under /sbin)

file or command not found

however it works well if I do

/sbin/ldconfig

but isn't /sbin in the path? if I am not using KDE, I can call

ldconfig

directly. I guess I must add /sbin to a configuration file of KDE3.1. Am I right? If I am how should I correct this?

thank you for your help...

UltimaGuy · 09-26-2003, 06:04 AM

I have never heard this before. Maybe you are logging in as a different user and switching over to root using su?

If that is the case you have to use su - <Enter> in order for root's environment to be imported. Then you can just type ldconfig and it will work.

Am I correct?

JZL240I-U · 09-26-2003, 06:43 AM

You can test that by typing

Code:

echo $PATH

and look for /sbin.

Please remember that commands are case sensitive ...

Baran · 10-02-2003, 07:18 AM

I wrote

echo $PATH

and I couldn't see /sbin there, it seems that it is missing

how can I add /sbin to the PATH?

JZL240I-U · 10-02-2003, 07:26 AM

Type

Code:

export PATH=$PATH:/sbin

and test whether it works.

To make it permanent, edit the original PATH declaration. For individual users it is set in ~/.bash but there is also a global .bash, I just don't remember where it lies ... (locate .bash

)

Baran · 10-06-2003, 04:40 PM

Thanks JZL240I-U, I guess you solved the problem

I made the PATH permanent by adding the line to .bash_profile file which is located in my home directory. Now everything is fine.
Thanks again..