On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 00:54:13 -0400 Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net> wrote:
> >Can anyone tell me why my prompt in
> >xterms doesn't reflect the prompt in my .profile?  When I log in, I get
> >a prompt like "jklowden@home.schemamania.org$", but every xterm starts
> >off with "bash-2.04$ " until I issue ". .profile".  
> 
> the latest bash (2.05) doesn't seem to read .profile.  the easy
> solution is to add ". .profile" to the bottom of your .bashrc.

Thanks for the tip, Andrew.  

At the moment, I don't even have a .bashrc.  If I log in at the console or
via ssh from another box, I get the expected prompt.  It's only the xterms
that pick up the default bash prompt.  I would have thought I'm doing
something silly in my .xinitrc or something that's goofing up the
environment before X starts.  Or am I being dense?

Just for giggles, I've attached a comparison of the two environments.  

Thanks again, 

--jkl

$ diff -u tty.env x.env
--- tty.env	Tue Apr  9 01:14:24 2002
+++ x.env	Tue Apr  9 01:14:12 2002
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 PWD=/usr/users/home/jklowden
+WINDOWID=142606458
 HOSTNAME=lowden
 REPLYTO=jklowden@schemamania.org
-PS1=\u@\H\$ 
 USER=jklowden
 MACHTYPE=i386--netbsd
 LC_ALL=POSIX
 EDITOR=nedit
+COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
+DISPLAY=:0
+SHLVL=3
 LOGNAME=jklowden
-SHLVL=1
+SESSION_MANAGER=local/lowden:/tmp/.ICE-unix/256
 SHELL=/usr/pkg/bin/bash
 HOSTTYPE=i386
 OSTYPE=netbsd
 HOME=/usr/users/home/jklowden
-TERM=vt220
+TERM=xterm

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/X11R6/
bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin _=/usr/bin/env