At the command line I see my username and some kind of garble which has the form of linux-<garble>. Why is this so and can I change it? Is it the desktop name? (I don’t recall I named it that at the installation.)
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This is probably your hostname, and you probably have it to set itself
via DHCP. Go to Yast: Network Devices: Network Card. There is an
option in here where you can specify a host name and name servers and a
checkbox is there below your host name field to change your host name
via DHCP. Uncheck that and give your box a name you like.
Good luck.
lxxxiii wrote:
> At the command line I see my username and some kind of garble which has
> the form of linux-<garble>. Why is this so and can I change it? Is it
> the desktop name? (I don’t recall I named it that at the installation.)
>
>
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Thanks. I noticed that, if the computer is not connected to the network upon boot, it shows the name I chose at installation.
But is it possible to change the overall look of the prompt? For example, can I remove the > and the : ?
$ export PS1='Yes, master? '
Yes, master?
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For fun… here is my prompt. I love this thing, though it’s huge I
have come to rely on it:
<quote file="~/.bashrc">
#Added by me 2008-05-28 11:07:00.
export PS1=’\D{%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S} Jobs:\j Err:$?
\u@\h:\w> ’
#End Added by me 2008-05-28 11:07:00.
</quote>
Shows error level from previous command, number of current jobs, current
timestamp (to second), username, host, directory…
Good luck.
KJ44 wrote:
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/
> ‘Tip: Prompt magic’
> (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-tip-prompt/)
>
>
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