On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:13:43 -0500, Nifty Hat Mitch asked about users other than btth. After I had established that test got a gnome-terminal with a working prompt, I tried actually logging in as root. Root also got a terminal with a working prompt, and could edit the profile, particularly as to colors. So I did shutdown -r now, and logged back in after reboot as btth. Btth still gets only a gnome-terminal without a prompt. :-( -- Beartooth Autodidact, curmudgeonly codger learning linux Remember I know precious little of what I'm talking about!