On Wed, 11 May 2005 18:19:28 +0000
Kosta Kilim <kopno@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:


> Once I run ". .profile" it reverts back to normal behavior. But only
> for the particular invocation of xterm + bash. I have to do this in
> every other xterm for it to take effect. Not halal.
> 
> How do I resolve this ? 

You probably need to add '-ls' arg when starting xterm, see man xterm

xterm -j -s -ls -fn 8x13 -bg grey85 -fg black