Various problems

[Andy]

> I'm not using Ubuntu right now and can't check if this is as it should
> be or not. There should be a bashrc (no preceding dot) somewhere in /etc
> (sorry I don't remember which subdirectory) that you can copy to your
> home directory and rename .bashrc and add any changes to.

In ubuntu the "original" .bashrc file appears not to be in /etc, but here:

/usr/share/base-files/dot.bashrc

So to get it into your home directory, open a terminal and type:

cp /usr/share/base-files/dot.bashrc ~/.bashrc

HTH

Andy