If I remove the PS1 variable setting in /etc/profile, the problem goes away. But my prompt becomes "bash-2.05b$" instead of the current directory I'm in. And I checked /etc/passwd file, I didn't see any /bin/sh, they are all /bin/bash. So I didn't change that file. And then I found out that the problem is in the startx script. If I change the first line from "#!bin/sh" to "#!bin/bash", and leave the PS1 setting as it was in /etc/profile, I got my informative prompt back in Cygwin window while the annoying code in X-window's terminals went away. Yeah~~~~~! Thanks for your help!
-Quan --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're running /bin/sh as your shell but have bash > specific escape sequences in your prompt. Change > your > prompt (/etc/profile, ~/.profile, etc) or change > your > shell (/etc/passwd) to /bin/bash. > > Larry > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Quan Ding [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:42:16 -0800 (PST) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: strange characters in Xterm (in X-window) > > > After I started x-windows. There are strange extra > characters on the top of every window (login, > xterm) > which look like the following: > \[\033]0;\w\007 > \022[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] > > These two lines will show up again after each > command > I execute in the xterm window. > > They look like terminal control code, but how and > why > are they displayed in my window? And how do I get > rid > of them? > > BTW, although I'm using the English verison of > WindowsXP, I set the region (in control panel) to > China to be able to view and input Chinese. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > -- > Unsubscribe info: > http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
