Description of problem:

In /etc/bashrc there is the following code:

# are we an interactive shell?
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
    case $TERM in
        xterm*)
                if .....

It looks that it should be 'xterm*|gnome)' nowadays although
this does not help me at all if I am logging to a remote running
something earlier than FC3t1.  Sigh!

There are assorted traps of that sort all over the place.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
setup-2.5.33-1