On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:48:58 +0100, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > Mike - email ignored wrote: [...] >> I get: >> >> TERM = linux >> doing default >> >> The mystery remains. > > what do you get with these: > echo $PROMPT_COMMAND > echo $PS1 > > if $PROMPT_COMMAND has a value you could grep for it (or for > PROMPT_COMMAND) in /etc and subdirs, and try to find it? [myUser at mbrc40 ~]$ echo $PROMPT_COMMAND [myUser at mbrc40 ~]$ echo $PS1 [\u@\h \W]\$