programmable completion not enabled for non-login shells in default install [Maverick]

[Stevo Vukovic]

Binary package hint: gnome-terminal

After fresh install of Maverick (64 bit Final Ubuntu 10.10 on 2010.10.10, HP laptop, Intel dual-core processor) bash completion works only for first word, like just for "sudo". For "sudo apt-g" there is no result, not even for 2 press on Tab. On same USB live session from install disk auto completion works flawlessly.
On my desktop I have had install Ubuntu 10.10 RC (updated regularly) and auto completion works.
MD5SUM are correct.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gnome-terminal 2.32.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 19 19:20:43 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
XsessionErrors:
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1574): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1570): GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free: assertion `value != NULL' failed

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

that's not a gnome-terminal issue.

[Stevo Vukovic (stevovukovic)]

I acted as I was advised last time when I reported a bug. You do not have to be so rude. Your comment was unnecessary.

[clemmy (luca-clem)]

To enable bash competion in maverick:

open a terminal and type
sudo gedit /etc/bash.bashrc

find the lines
#if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then
# . /etc/bash_completion
#fi

uncomment them by removing the # character (the will look this way)
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then
    . /etc/bash_completion
fi

save the file, close gedit, close the terminal.

open th terminal again and bash completion should be work correctly

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

can you add your ~/.bashrc to this report please? bash_completion should be enabled there by default (no need to enable it in /etc/bash.bashrc which would work too of course)

~/.bashrc should have at the bottom:

# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then
    . /etc/bash_completion
fi

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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[Сергей (skaunov)]

I'm confirming on Ubuntu 12.04 LTE at fresh VPS install.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

works fine here on trusty and has always worked fine