Tom Taylor wrote:
> At 10:31 AM 6/12/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >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.
>
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> For this change to stick you need to put it in /etc/bashrc. Just modify
> the "PS1..." line there and it will take effect after a restart.
No need to restart, Enter:
source /etc/bashrc
or
. /etc/bashrc
Dennis
>
> Another neat trick, if you want to modify the login prompts (show machine
> name, etc.) is to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local. This contains the code that
> overwrites the /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net files during every boot.
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>
> >(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?
> >
>
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> Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config for various keyboard settings.
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>
> >TIA... steve
> >
> >
> Tom
>
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> Tom Taylor Sr. Development Technician
> Telemedic Systems, Inc. 253.529.0526
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