Bash Autocomplete Weirdness

[mneylon]

On most linux systems I can use:

cd ~firstletterusername

and then hit TAB to get a list of possible usernames etc.,

For some bizarre reason this isn't working on a Ubuntu 10.10

"Normal" autocomplete for commands is working fine, so I'm confused

 

[php.allstar]

I also had this problem.

Luckily enough i bookmarked the solution!

Use the fopllowing command to open your bash config file:

Sudo vi /etc/bash.bashrc

find these lines:

#if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
#    . /etc/bash_completion
#fi

remove the comments before the lines, save the file and you should be good to go, worked for me.