*- On 19 Aug, Stavros wrote about "Xterm" > > hi, i have two litle problems with xterm. > 1) $TERM=xterm-debian is set by default wich is causing me troubles > connecting via telnet to other machines.
See /usr/doc/xterm/README.Debian > > 2) i dont know if it is a xterm or a bash problem but when i start a new > xterm the ~/.bashrc isn't being read. > .bashrc is only read in a 'login' shell. By default xterms don't start as a login shell, you need to use the -ls option to xterm. See the man pages for bash and xterm. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------