[mythtv-users] xterm prompt configuration

[David Brodbeck]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Jul 23, 2009, at 4:53 PM, H P Ladds wrote:
>> Yea, you would think, but the tty1 prompt for user mythtv is
>> "mythtv at mythtv:~$." In the xterm window, the prompt is "sh-3.1$" for
>> non-root users. A Fluxbox thing perhaps?
> 
> Possibly. Possibly an xterm thing too. Seems $something isn't sourcing 
> in profile bits when a new shell is spawned. It behaves just like 
> gnome-terminal here on my workstation, prompt looks the same. No clue 
> what's up...

Probably the xterm isn't opening a login shell, but rather a subshell. 
When bash starts as a login shell, it runs .bash_profile; when it's a 
subshell it runs .bashrc.