i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:20:20 +0000no prompt in terminalhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/603/no-prompt-in-terminal/no prompt shown in terminal, same true for gnome-terminal. searched google & advice was to replace .bashrc with vanilla copy from etc/skel. did this & rebooted & problem still occurs. .bashrc : [code] # # ~/.bashrc # # If not running interactively, don't do anything [[ $- != *i* ]] && return alias ls='ls --color=auto' PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ ' [/code] .bash_profile : [code] # # ~/.bash_profile # [[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc [/code] edit: oddly, this is only happening in the i3 desktop manager. in xfce session, this problem does not occur.Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:38:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/603/no-prompt-in-terminal/Answer by flipper T for <p>no prompt shown in terminal, same true for gnome-terminal.</p> <p>searched google &amp; advice was to replace .bashrc with vanilla copy from etc/skel.</p> <p>did this &amp; rebooted &amp; problem still occurs.</p> <p>.bashrc :</p> <p>[code] #</p> <h1>~/.bashrc</h1> <p>#</p> <h1>If not running interactively, don't do anything</h1> <p>[[ $- != <em>i</em> ]] &amp;&amp; return</p> <p>alias ls='ls --color=auto' PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '</p> <p>[/code]</p> <p>.bash_profile :</p> <p>[code]</p> <p>#</p> <h1>~/.bash_profile</h1> <p>#</p> <p>[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] &amp;&amp; . ~/.bashrc</p> <p>[/code]</p> <p>edit: oddly, this is only happening in the i3 desktop manager. </p> <p>in xfce session, this problem does not occur.</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/603/no-prompt-in-terminal/?answer=604#post-id-604doh. color scheme was black on black, for whatever reason. changed it / solved it. again...doh!Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:56:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/603/no-prompt-in-terminal/?answer=604#post-id-604Comment by Haps for <p>doh.</p> <p>color scheme was black on black, for whatever reason.</p> <p>changed it / solved it.</p> <p>again...doh!</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/603/no-prompt-in-terminal/?comment=945#comment-945thanks for posting your answer.. was myself 'struggling' as well :-) again.. duh!Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:20:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/603/no-prompt-in-terminal/?comment=945#comment-945