[Bug 934469] Re: Virtual terminals resets Bash history to last 500 entries even when it is set to more entries

Fri Mar 1 11:18:24 UTC 2013

So it is no bug. There are two types of shell, login (from a tty) and
non-login (from x, so gnome-terminal, xterm and other emulators). Login
looks to .profile, .bash_profile or .bash_login and sources those files
whereas non-login sources .bashrc (it is more complicated, actually,see
the man page).

Ubuntu by default puts this .profile file in home users directory:

# ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
# This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
# exists.
# see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
# the files are located in the bash-doc package.

# the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
# for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
#umask 022

# if running bash
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
    # include .bashrc if it exists
    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
	. "$HOME/.bashrc"
    fi
fi

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi

Which reads .bashrc even for login shells. I must have inadvertedly
deleted my -profile page. I guess you did the same. So closing this as
invalid, for user must call this upon herself by her own devices.

** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  Virtual terminals resets Bash history to last 500 entries even when it
  is set to more entries

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Invalid
Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:

  Whenever I log in to a virtual terminal or I run
  sudo login
  and then I log in, it somehow forces $HISTSIZE and $HISTFILESIZE to 500 even though I've set them in ~/.bashrc to 10000 and 100000, respectively. This means that a whole lot of the history is lost immediately after logging it on a virtual terminal.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: LinuxMint 12
  Package: gnome-shell 3.2.1-0ubuntu1.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Feb 17 21:16:47 2012
  InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 12 "Lisa" - Release amd64 (20111120)
  SourcePackage: gnome-shell
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  ---
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC2:  victor     2195 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  victor     2195 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  victor     2195 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfb9f8000 irq 76'
     Mixer name	: 'Realtek ALC889'
     Components	: 'HDA:10ec0889,104383c0,00100004'
     Controls      : 46
     Simple ctrls  : 22
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfbcfc000 irq 77'
     Mixer name	: 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
     Controls      : 6
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card1.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
     Playback channels: Mono
     Mono: Playback [on]
  Card2.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:2 'U0x46d0x821'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x821 at usb-0000:00:1a.7-4, high speed'
     Mixer name	: 'USB Mixer'
     Components	: 'USB046d:0821'
     Controls      : 2
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card2.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
     Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
     Capture channels: Mono
     Limits: Capture 0 - 52
     Mono: Capture 52 [100%] [-19.00dB] [on]
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f2eb005b-3efe-450b-8edf-e36f28f4b75c
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.

   eth0      no wireless extensions.
  MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  Package: linux (not installed)
  ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=5d8c4012-b426-4b0e-8f37-cbdf2678cf96 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-24-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.79
  RfKill:

  SourcePackage: linux
  Tags:  precise precise
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  dmi.bios.date: 05/10/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 0701
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: P6X58D-E
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0701:bd05/10/2011:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6X58D-E:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: System Product Name
  dmi.product.version: System Version
  dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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