On Friday 08 August 2003 18:52, Joe Chiocchi wrote: > On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 12:22:00 -0400 > > Ernie Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have 2 Gentoo boxes here and #2 has an annoying habbit I can't find a > > solution for. On box #1 an xterm gives me a prompt like so: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] current_directory $ > > Box # 2 shows this same format for a root xterm, but a user xterm shows: > > bash-2.05b$ > > Virtual terminals (ctrl+alt+F2-F6) show the former prompt form. IIRC > > this has been answered before, but I'll be dipped if I can find the > > info. > > -- > > Regards, Ernie > > 100% Microsoft and Intel free > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > You could always try "xterm -ls" to get xterm to look at /etc/profile.
Alternatively you can put the PS[1234] from /etc/profile into your .bashrc . Then it will be read whenever you open an interactive shell and thus xterm. Cheers, Renat -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
