Ok....what happened?

Bigun · 09-22-2002, 05:08 PM

I'm totally confused now. My Gnome terminal prompt used to be:
[Bigun@localhost]$

now its:
bash-2.05a$

How did this change and how can I change it back?

Also, my Gnome "start menu" style has changed, seemingly on it's own.

Help!

Bigun · 09-22-2002, 07:55 PM

Please someone help me with this.

sandy · 09-22-2002, 11:58 PM

You may have deleted or changed your .bash_profile file. You have to set the BASH_ENV variable in .bash_profile inorder to execute a file /etc/bashrc where the prompt is set.

Add

BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc
export BASH_ENV

wonderpun · 09-23-2002, 01:23 PM

You might want to add this to your .bashrc:
PS1=["\u@\h\W"]\#

sandy · 09-23-2002, 01:49 PM

I dont think that changing variables in .bashrc wont help in this case. I think the problem arises because the path of .bashrc i.e $BASH_ENV is not set in .bash_profile and hence the commands .bashrc is not running and so the prompt variable is not set.

Anyway Bigun plz inform which method worked for you.

wonderpun · 09-23-2002, 01:51 PM

Well I just thought that maybe he accidentaly deleted the variable