Messed up .bashrc. Please read.

jcunit · 04-02-2013, 09:49 PM

So I installed dwm and I wanted to use xterm, so I installed it. Then I tried to make it automatically change the background color in the bashrc. I added xterm -fg white -bg black. Now, every time I start a terminal it opens up a million terminals until my computer crashes. How can I reset my bashrc or somehow edit it without using the terminal? Thanks.

suicidaleggroll · 04-02-2013, 09:59 PM

What distro are you running?

jcunit · 04-02-2013, 10:01 PM

Manjaro 0.8.4.

smallpond · 04-02-2013, 10:10 PM

boot from a live CD, mount the hard drive and edit the bashrc file.

Also, you could use scp from another computer to retrieve the file and return the editted file.

suicidaleggroll · 04-02-2013, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcunit

Manjaro 0.8.4.

I know nothing about that distro, but if it follows a standard user/root setup (as opposed to Ubuntu's user/sudo setup) then you can just use one of the Ctrl+Alt+F# TTYs at the login screen, log in as root, and modify the .bashrc as necessary.

shivaa · 04-02-2013, 11:21 PM

Such commands should not be added to your .bashrc or shell initializations file(s). As said above, access your system and edit .bashrc and remove following line from it:

Code:

xterm -fg white -bg black

Then login again and create a new file with any custom name and add this command into that file. After that whenever you need to launch an xterm, your can source that file.

turboscrew · 04-03-2013, 12:28 AM

Watch out for scripts in .bashrc. Scripts start another bash that - again - executes .bashrc.