~/.bashrc changes have no effect?

Question

I have been trying to set some custom colors on the user@hostname:~$ on the terminal. I edited both ~/.bashrc and /etc/bash.bashrc

Where it said:

debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot...

I just changed it to:

debian_chroot:::::::+($debian_chroot

To see if the changes had any effect, but it rebooted and the terminal still looks like the default.

What am I doing wrong? I am using Ubuntu 12.04

Answer 1

First:
Pay attention that after the line if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then there is to options, one if the line force_color_prompt=yes is commented and the other if it isn't. Make sure to change the right one.

Then:
You are changing the wrong place at the line. The complete line would be something like:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '.

So the change you mean is something like:
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:::::::\w\$ '

(NOT: PS1='${debian_chroot::::+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ ')