reset terminal back to show [root@localhost louie] instead of bash-3.2#

[louie-1]

Hi all
I am having problem with fedora 10 Terminal, it used to be when i open it like this:
[louie@localhost ~] su
[root@localhost louie]
and now when I type root password it shows:
bash-3.2#

Any idea how to reset terminal back to show [root@localhost louie] instead of bash-3.2#

Thanks

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

What does it show when you execute su - instead of su ?

su -

Are all other commands working fine?

su -
fdisk -l
pwd
echo $PS1

[louie-1]

Yes other command works fine.
I just tried su - and i got the following message:
su: warning: cannot change directory to /root: No such file or directory

Please any help

[devils casper]

Did you delete any file/folder? Is it a fresh installation?

[louie-1]

It is not fresh installation I had it for long time and I use it everyday. However, I was testing perl file when I noticed the change such change in terminal and I have not delete any file or folders.

[devils casper]

Execute this

df -h
su 
/sbin/fdisk -l

Do above commands list correct disk space and partition structure?

[louie-1]

How fdisk will help retrive [root@localhost louie]?
Why do I need to do partitions?

[digerati]

Hi all
I am having problem with fedora 10 Terminal, it used to be when i open it like this:
[louie@localhost ~] su
[root@localhost louie]
and now when I type root password it shows:
bash-3.2#

Any idea how to reset terminal back to show [root@localhost louie] instead of bash-3.2#

Thanks

I think its the problem with your prompt settings
when you are logged in as louie type,

echo $PS1

now copy the output of the above command and su to root and type this,

export PS1="<the output of the above command, but change the last $ sign to #>"

if you want a permanent change, add this line to your .bashrc of root account.

[devils casper]

fdisk -l command will list partition table only. I suggested that command to check if partitions are intact or not.

[louie-1]

Thank you for "digerati" and "devils casper" for ypur help.
The command "echo $PS1" and "export PS1" worked fine and I was able to go back to root, but it shows the whole path and number as following:
[root@localhost /home/louie]1
Is any way I can go back to original ([root@localhost louie] )as it was before?

I already fixed it back to what it was.
Again thank you so much