> After I started x-windows. There are strange extra
> characters on the top of every window (login,  xterm)
> which look like the following:
> \[\033]0;\w\007
> \022[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]

It would appear that you are running sh (/bin/sh) with bash escapes in your
PS1 environment variable (your prompt). If you change your shell in
/etc/passwd to bash (/bin/bash) this will go away.


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.exposure.org.uk




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