terminal startup problem

cormon

03-28-2006, 11:50 AM

Hi ,
I'm relatively new to Darwin so please bear with me. Heres my problems.

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When i open up a terminal windows I get

Darwin/kevincornally:$ qcd;

and then the window closes straight away.

IF I choose File / Library and choose i script called login (unsure If i created this myself) I get

login:qcd; exit
Password:

thuis allows me to log in alright but this is a pain.

I know I may have altered the login script incorrectly but am unsure as to to this is to alter it . Any help would be great.

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when i issue the clear command I get

terminal database is inaccessible.

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thanks in advance for any help.

tbsingleton73

03-28-2006, 11:56 AM

Which version of OS X are you using?
What are you trying to log into?

hayne

03-28-2006, 11:57 AM

First read this Unix FAQ (http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=40648), especially the section about shell customization.

Then remove (or just rename) all of the relevant "dot" files - e.g. ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc
And remove the file "com.apple.Terminal.plist" from ~/Library/Preferences
( ~ = your home folder)

Then open a new Terminal window and see if the problem is still there.

cormon

03-28-2006, 12:03 PM

OSX version 10.3.9 .Trying to log into terminal to do some learn basic scripting.

I will try hayne suggestions . Thanks for the speedy replies.

cormon

03-28-2006, 12:21 PM

deleting "com.apple.Terminal.plist" did the trick. Out of interest I though ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc where in my home folder but even a ls -a is not showing them . Am I looking in the wong location for them, all i have is .bash_history.

Thanks again for the relevant and speedy replies. much appreciated .

hayne

03-28-2006, 12:33 PM

Out of interest I though ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc where in my home folder but even a ls -a is not showing them . Am I looking in the wong location for them, all i have is .bash_history.

You aren't being clear. I assume you meant to say "were" instead of "where".
So if these files were in your home folder, how did you see them if not with 'ls -a' ?
Or maybe you meant to say that these files were not in your home folder. That is normal - they don't exist by default (as was mentioned in that Unix FAQ I recommended reading earlier).