Re: Xterm

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- 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.

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Brian 
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