[Solved]Terminals won't start after merging bash.bashrc

Question

Hi all,
As the topic states, after merging the files using meld, none of my terminals will start. I've never modified bash.bashrc and seeing that the developers decided to change it, I'll like to get this working.
Current bash.bashrc
# /etc/bash.bashrc
# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return
PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
PS2='> '
PS3='> '
PS4='+ '
case ${TERM} in
xterm*|rxvt*|Eterm|aterm|kterm|gnome*)
PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND; }'printf "\033]0;%s@%s:%s\007" "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/~}"'
screen)
PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND; }'printf "\033_%s@%s:%s\033\\" "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/~}"'
esac
[ -r /etc/bash_completion ] && . /etc/bash_completion
[ -r /etc/bash.bashrc.local ] && . /etc/bash.bashrc.local
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: This is embarrassing... A crappy alias in my .bashrc was causing this. Sorry for wasting your time
Last edited by Jodell (2011-02-22 02:40:25)

Answer 1

startx at the command line.
I just tried Xorg -reconfigure again, adding the AutoAddDevices = false option - still doesn't work, giving the error about config/hal. Without the option, it just goes back to the terminal with no errors.
Pacman log says the only thing upgraded today (after pacman) was the kernel, nvidia, and kernel-firmware. cdfs conflicted with the new kernel, so I removed it. Then I rebooted, and X stopped working. Downgrading those back again doesn't fix it. I don't get it.
>>EDIT:
Okay - what does cdfs have to do with Xorg???? This makes no sense. I downgraded the kernel pkgs and nvidia again, and this time installed cdfs, which I forgot to do last time. Now X starts. I don't really get it.
Maybe hal in xfce or some plugin needs to use cdfs for something?? I don't really know - but I'm just glad it's working. I guess I'll file a bug report for cdfs so it can be built to the new kernel and hold off upgrading until it's fixed with 2.6.31. sheesh! too weird.
Last edited by userlander (2009-10-10 23:27:36)