> Now, at work, the machines run some custom version of linux and I am > not sure what the terminals are. And I also often use the VT and not > use X on my laptop, so I am disinclined to set TERM in .bashrc.
Well, bash is bash, it doesn't matter if you work machines use X or whatnot. Add: export TERM=xterm to ~/.bash_profile on your work machine account.
