On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:06:15 -0500, Beartooth wrote: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:53:18 -0700, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > >> Can you add a new user test that new user? > > Yes. I did, and tried "su test", then telling btth's kde terminal > "gnome-terminal &". (I'll log out and back in in a minute) (snip) > Stay tuned. I'll log out, and back in as test. Logged in as test, I put the terminal launcher on the panel, moved it to the position I normally keep it, and clicked on it. Test got a gnome-terminal, with a working prompt, and can modify things like the colors -- which is what my eyeballs require. I hope that tells you what I need to do to re-enable the prompt for my regular user! -- Beartooth Autodidact, curmudgeonly codger learning linux Remember I know precious little of what I'm talking about!