BOF wrote:
Hello,
I am having problems under RH 9.0 with the PS1 prompt preventing KDE or Gnome loading. This problem did not occur in RH7.3.
In my .bashrc file, I set the PS1 prompt using a line
PS1=[\\w]\\$
This allows me to see the directory I am currently using, e.g., as [/usr/local]$ if I am in /usr/local.
When this line is in the .bashrc file and I try to load KDE (or Gnome), X loads as a black screen with a white X for a mouse cursor but neither KDE nor Gnome load.
If I comment out the line, then either of them loads without problems. Once they load, I can set the cursor from the command line in a terminal window.
It doesn't make sense to me, because I also create a custom prompt in .bashrc and KDE and GNOME both load fine for me (though I use Icewm 95% of the time). Here is my prompt line:
# Set multiline colorized prompt PS1='\[\e[32;1m\]\u@\h \[\e[33;1m\][\w]\n\[\e[36;1m\]\t\[\e[0m\] $ '
It also includes the current directory. One difference may be that I boot into run level 3 (command line login), then start X into whatever WM I want after that. Are you booting into run level 3 or 5?
I am booting into run level 3 and then starting X to get into KDE.
Your prompt looks pretty in run level 3, but has the same problem as mine: black screen, no KDE.
BOF
