TAB problem

Scotoner · Mar 20, 2011

When I am logged in as a user the TAB key which helps to complete a command while on terminal doesn't work. I just hear a beep instead. However, when I am logged in as root TAB does work. What's wrong here?

Alt · Mar 20, 2011

It depends on the shell you're using.

Galactic_Dominator · Mar 21, 2011

EDIT: Removed wrong instructions.

Could be a path/permissions/etc issue. You simply haven't given enough detail to tell you what you've done wrong.

rambetter · Mar 21, 2011

I'll bet you shell where TAB does not work is /bin/sh .

Try the "chsh" command, and change your shell to /bin/tcsh .

Scotoner · Mar 21, 2011

You were right, rambetter. I made that change and TAB is working now. However when I made that change and restarted X, the mouse wasn't responding but a restart of the computer fixed it.

Martillo1 · Mar 21, 2011

Sometimes unplugging and plugging the mouse does the trick.

Scotoner · Mar 21, 2011

At least I solved the TAB problem. You can mark this topic [SOLVED]. Thank You.

rambetter · Mar 22, 2011

I noticed in sysinstall that when you create a user account, the shell defaults to /bin/sh . I think this is a bug. It should be /bin/tcsh instead I think.

Alt · Mar 22, 2011

Strange, I got my favorite csh every time I installed