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I wanted to change the command prompt and so made the following change
within /etc/bash.bashrc:

#PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\h:\w\$ '

When a terminal window is opened, the prompt is unchanged from the
original. If I reboot, login and again open a terminal window the prompt
is still unchanged. However, manually executing the following from the
terminal window changes the prompt as desired:

source /etc/profile

It seems that /etc/profile is not automatically run when the terminal
window is first opened.

>From the documentation I've seen
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables,
http://bencane.com/2013/09/16/understanding-a-little-more-about-
etcprofile-and-etcbashrc/ and other posts), /etc/bash.bashrc should be
executed from /etc/profile during a terminal login.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jan  1 14:36:48 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-12 (111 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade trusty
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/etc/profile does not get sourced when logging into a terminal window
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1406980
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