Hello Kai,
Thanks, but that did not work - login is still bash-2.05b$. Having read the 
bash prompt how-to on Eamon's recommendation and noting Barry's advice I'll 
use .bashrc. Thanks to all for your help.  
Dennis

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 19:16, Kai Lindenberg wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
>
> Am Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2003 08:27 schrieb Dennis Robertson:
>
> [...]
>
> > $ head -1 /usr/kde/3.1/bin/startkde
> > #!/bin/bash
>
> try to change this back to
> #!/bin/sh --login
>
> Although /etc/profile gets sourced by Xsession, there is something
> in the standard installation which resets PS1, all other variables
> keep their values...
>
> Kai
>
>
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