Terminal name changed

[OJiSan]

I am trying to rebuild an AsusP5B-Plus. (I thought it would be a good way to learn more about computers....) I listed the mother board designation as the name of that computer which shows up at the top of the Terminal window. This computer is not connected to the internet.
My main computer is a lenovo ideapad 300 which I used to download files onto a usb stick I wanted to install on the Asus.
I don't know what I did but suddenly the name of the Asus is now the name that shows at the top of the terminal window on the Lenovo and part of the Lenovo name is mixed into the Asus name in the Asus computer.
Both computers have Linux Mint 20.2 MATE 64 bit.
How could this happen?
Is it a serious problem?
How can I fix it?

[gittiest personITW]

Did you clone the drive to the Asus or was it a clean install?

Try the PS1 command, for instance, https://www.linuxnix.com/linuxunix-shel ... in-detail/
I changed the relevant part in my .bashrc to the following which shows the prompt with the time/name of machine+user:

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if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\t \[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\] - :\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ '

Make sure you've backed up the file before playing with it.

[OJiSan]

Sorry, I don't know what "clone the drive" means. I installed linux mint MATE 20.5 on the Asus with an ISO dvd. But first I had to install Cinnamonmint sarah 32 bit from ISO dvd I made in 2017. (20.5 would hang. On a lark I tried the old disk. It installed. Then I installed 20.5)

I don't remember details. The Lenovo was not working properly I created the ISO MATE 20.5 dvd and installed it on the Lenovo

I do not know how to read the code you sent me so I was afraid to try and use it.

I went to "PS1 explained" and entered echo $PS1 in my terminal and got this: \[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$

I do not know how to read this code but it looks way too long but looks similar to the code you sent. I cannot read from either yours or this the time, name of machine or user. Both computers give the exact same output from $PS1
Thank you for your help

[gittiest personITW]

Hi,
There is no Mint 20.5 as far as I am aware.

Can you go to into Terminal and copy/paste the following, then copy/paste the output in your reply:

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inxi -S

So, did you 'upgrade' rather than install from scratch?
When you tried to install using Mint DVD, what happened?
Did it boot into Live Mint? (The screen that looks like Mint but only has the 'Install Mint' icon on the desktop)?

[OJiSan]

Host: don-asusP5BPlus Kernel: 5.13.0-22-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: MATE 1.24.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma
Sorry, hand wrote on the installation disk and my 2 looks like a 5.
The above info is on the Lenovo when I type the same command, inxi -s, into the Asus I get temperature readings for the cpu. (The Asus is not connected to the net.) (my "ls" command does not work the way the tutorials say it should either. particularly the ls -1 command only returns file names in a different order)
I installed from scratch. Same ISO DVD with both computers.
I tried to install many times with 20.2 It would stop and this message was on the screen:
/casper/vmlinus file =/cdrom/preseed/linuxmintiseed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
mind you, I hand copied the above.
I do not remember booting into a Live Mint

[karlchen]

Hello, OJiSan.

The commands inxi -s (lower case s) and inxi -S (capital S) are two different commands. Linux is case sensitive.
You had been requested to execute inxi -S (capital S) and share the screen output.

For more details on how to invoke the command inxi, see the output of inxi --help | less or man inxi

Regards,
Karl

[OJiSan]

Thank you Karl for catching my error!
It now gives the same output as the Lenovo.

[karlchen]

One more note, as you mentioned ls -1 (minus one). - The much more useful form is ls -l (hyphen lowercase L). Try and you will see and agree.

[OJiSan]

I was just coming on line to post that I'd figured that out. When you showed me I'd gotten the capital "S" wrong I checked and realized the "1" was really a lower case "L" Thank you again Karl!
I still haven't figured out how my terminal names changed in both computers and although from one of xeenopeek's posts I learned how to change them back I am afraid to do so until I know why they changed on their own. In the meantime back to the tutorial. See if this old dog can learn some new tricks.
Thnks again