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From: AGottinger@t-online.de (Achim Gottinger)
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Minor nitpicks
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 11:14:13
Message-Id: 3AFD6888.A8759FEA@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Minor nitpicks by Collins Richey
1 Collins Richey wrote:
2 >
3 > On Sat, 12 May 2001 17:57:14 +0200 AGottinger@××××××××.de (Achim Gottinger)
4 > wrote:
5 >
6 > > Collins Richey wrote:
7 > > >
8 > > > Just some minor nitpicks.
9 > > >
10 > > > 1. hostname always returns (none) on my system. How to fix?
11 > > >
12 > > yeah, I had the same problem here, it worked after remerging
13 > > sys-apps/net-tools. I found a problem in the yp-tools package, it
14 > > installed ypdomainname,nisdomainname and domainname.
15 > > All those files still existed and where hardlinks to hostname
16 > > coming from net-tools. I fixed yp-tools today. But also I found
17 > > another hostname binary in /usr/bin. remove that binary
18 > > (/usr/bin/hostname) manually please
19 >
20 > I rm'd it, but still no hostname.
21
22 Remerge sys-apps/net-tools and reboot, that must work
23
24 >
25 > > > 2. The PS1 prompt works if I login from console, but in an x
26 > > > terminal window it doesn't (just bash2.04 displayed at the
27 > > > prompt). How to fix?
28 > > Change the #!/bin/sh line to #!/bin/sh --login
29 > > in the windomanager wrappers in /usr/X11R6/bin/wm/.
30
31 Hrm, I only tested that for gnome and assumen it works for other wm's.
32 But now it even don't works under gnome. But the kde fix works.
33 >
34 > I did this, but still no pormpt in terminal under xfce
35 >
36 > > For KDE edit /opt/kde2.1/bin/startkde.
37 > >
38 >
39 > Also done, but haven't tried it yet.
40 >
41
42 achim~
43
44 >
45 > --
46 > Collins Richey
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Minor nitpicks Collins Richey <erichey2@××××.com>