Roger Mason wrote: > > Does it also happen in another > > shell than bash (for example in 'busybox ash')? > > Just tried it: no, the problem was absent.
Okay. Hmm... Which version of bash are you using? You're running stable so it should be 3.1. But I would have thought that the problem you're seeing is caused by 3.2. If you're using 3.2, then simply try setting PS1="\h \W \$ " and see if the problem is gone. If so, downgrade to bash-3.1 and wait for 3.2 to get fixed. > > Does it happen in single-user maintenaince mode? > > I'm embarrased to admit I don't know how to get to that. Stop GRUB when in its booting menu, then type E to temporarily change the line that boots Gentoo, type a space and a 1 at the end, and then boot that line. You have to fiddle a bit, needing to type E twice, then add " 1", then Escape, then B -- I don't remember exactly. See http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Booting_into_single_user_mode for more info. But you don't need to do this as you've already found that the problem is in bash and it's related to something in the environment. If the PS1 didn't fix it, try with either just --norc or just --noprofile to try and narrow things down further. Benno -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
