Hi !
I was hitting probs formatting my prompt ,too. For me the following line
in the /etc/bashrc file works:
PS1='\h:\w\$'
Now the prompt shows the hostname, complere directory tree and the # or $,
depending if it is a root account or not. For getting the complete name try
PS1='\u@\h:\w\$'
With changing the \w to \W you will see only the actual dir name you are
right in. Considering from your description the \t will add the time.
I hope i could help you a bit. I noticed the same with KDE, too, but i
noticed also that it has nothing to do with KDE coz the NUM lock is
switched off directly while booting into linux. I just press the num lock
key to active the number block if i need it, hehe, quick fix.
Greez
Dave
>I am trying to get RH6.0/2.2.5-15 to give me a good prompt, but nothing
>that I do seems to 'stick' in the way of set-prompt in the .bashrc file.
>The alias's work, but modifying the prompt simply returns no changes.
>(it seems that pasting from my KDE editor won't work with NSCP mail.)
>
>I have set prompt=\['id -nu'@'hostname -s'\]\#\ for the default. The \w
>command is what I would like to get into the line, as well as the time,
>and doing some reading, found this to work: PS1="[\t]:[\u][\w]$> "
>
>Where can I find info on the bash commands, mostly the set prompt one,
>or could someone here lend a hand?
>
>I am also finding the caps lock is not on when running KDE, and would
>like it to be on. Ways to set that up?
>
>TIA... steve
>
