From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.17 i686) Description of problem: It's really a very bad idea to set PROMPT_COMMAND in /etc/bashrc. In particular, it should not be set to echo an xterm escape. More, specifically, it should not be set to diddle with the term window title. This defeats standard means for users to set the title in xterm and rxvt and causes confusion. In general, I suggest that Red Hat refrain from setting a bunch of personal preference type variables in the system init files for bash. How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start bash with xterm -title fubar or rxvt -title fubar 2. 3. Actual Results: You don't get the window title you specified. Expected Results: The window should have had the title "fubar". Additional info: If you want Red Hat to be accepted by casual, non-geek type users, then don't do unnecessary, fancy, counterintuitive things in the system startup files.
It's a feature. You can turn it off in the current version (rawhide), though.