On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 07:13:29PM -0700, Jay Kelly wrote: > Ok I sure this is a real stupid question, but Im a newbie here. I just > installed Debian and looks like its running great. I log in as root and > noticed that the promt before the cusor is an > instead of the :# I see on > my other machine. When I try to start the xf86config I get no such file, But > I know its there I just installed it. Can someone help with this????
A '>' is the default prompt of sash (stand alone shell). Chances are one machine has it installed and the other doesn't. I'd be sash is root's default shell (some think this is a very good idea, but since you're a self-proclaimed newbie, I'll spare you the explanation). sash also has a very limited default path, and I'm not sure whether or not it can parse startup scripts. You should be able to solve the problem by typing 'bash' at the '>' prompt if my initial assumption is correct. You can solve it for good by running 'dpkg --purge sash'. If this isn't correct advice, please post the output of: ps aux|grep $$ and echo $PATH HTH -Dan -- "... the most serious problems in the Internet have been caused by unenvisaged mechanisms triggered by low-probability events; mere human malice would never have taken so devious a course!" - RFC 1122
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