rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote: > > On 04/01/14 19:36, Ken Moffat wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 06:15:05PM -0500,rhubarbpie...@gmail.com wrote: >>> My BLFS 7.5 xterm displays a “sh-4.2#” prompt. My xterm prompt in BLFS >>> 7.4 is “/ >” and “PS1=”\w > “ is in my BLFS 7.5 /etc/bashrc file. In >>> addition to the wrong prompt, I can't “source” scripts, and receive >>> “file not found.” LFS 7.5 seems to be working fine, with the correct >>> prompt and without “file not found” or sourcing problems. >>> >>> I've apparently done something wrong with X. I've re-read the >>> documentation but am flat-out not seeing my error. What should I check? >> Since you are running as root (the '#' in the prompt), check root's >> .bashrc (if it exists) and .bash_login. In particular, check >> anything setting the path. Also, if bash is invoked as 'sh' the >> behaviour is apparently different. See the "source filename" >> explanation in 'man bash'. >> >> Alternatively, perhaps ~/ (i.e. /root) is not writable by root. Or >> even not readable. I was going to suggest you checked that '/' and >> '/tmp' were not full [ that would be 100% full for root, including >> any reserved space ], but I guess that if X starts then it has >> managed to write in /tmp. >> >> ĸen > > $PATH and .bashrc are identical on my BLFS 7.4 and 7.5 partitions. I see > no .bash_login, but .bash_profile is identical between my partitions. > > I can copy files between my BLFS 7.5 and other partitions. That > includes / and I can copy files between / and other directories on my > BLFS 7.5 partition. > > I should mention I can't even bring up an xterm window if I start X as a > non-root user. The window flashes briefly and disappears. Also, while > using a root user xterm, I can't "source SomeScript.sh" but can > "./SomeScript.sh." > > I'm really at a loss as to how I messed this up.
What is your shell in /etc/passwd. Is it /bin/sh or /bin/bash? What is the output of bash --version? The startup sequence is /etc/profile followed by the *first* of ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login, and ~/.profile. This is modified by instructions in the initialization files. In the case of BLFS, profile runs everyting in /etc/profile.d/*.sh The book's ~/.bash_profile runs ~/.bashrc which in turn runs /etc/bashrc. /etc/bashrc sets PS1 If you are running an xterm, it is not a login shell and only ~/.bashrc (and thus /etc/bashrc) are run. To ensure the correct files are being run, you can insert an echo statement into each script. For example echo '~/.bashrc' in that file. You can also see if you get different behavior by running 'bash --login' from a command prompt. -- Bruce -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
