I want my prompt, both in the text console and X-windows shell console, to show the path to the current directory, e.g.,
[/usr/local/mozilla/icons]$
Under RH 7.3, I could get this by adding to my .bashrc file the lines
PS1=[\\w]\\$ export PS1
When adding these lines into .bashrc under RH 9.0, after typing "startx", I get a black screen with a black X indicating the mouse cursor. I believe that X is loading but KDE never loads.
If I remove the above two lines from my .bashrc file, then KDE loads but my PS1 prompt is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] \W]\$
which give me a display of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] bfd]$
If I open a shell console under KDE after it loads and then issue
PS1=[\\w]\\$
I get what I want.
But I can't get it to load initially and it seems to be preventing KDE from loading. This makes no sense to me, but it is happening. Ain't computers grand? <g>
So, two questions:
1. What is going on when I try to use PS1=[\\w]\\$ that X but not KDE loads
and
2. how can I get the prompt that I want into my .bashrc file so that it will always be there regardless of what I am running
BFD
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