[SOLVED] Can't change the title of a xterm

Hello!
I need to launch a xterm with a specific title. I used:
xterm -T "MyTitle" -n "MyIconTitle"
but the title changes for a split second (when xterm is launched), and it reverts back to my login name.

I have Ubuntu 11.10.

It is probably being set by your PS1. What is the output from echo "$PS1" ?

The output from echo "$PS1" is:

\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$

The first part of that sets the xterm title. More information here.

I read the page of the link you gave me but I didn't understand how to solve my problem. Is there a function like his prom1 in my .bashrc that I need to remove? Or is what I want to do just impossible?

EDITED

I found some lines in my .bashrc that defines PS1 (" case $XTERM ") and i jsut commented those lines. Now I can set the title with: xterm -T "MyTitle"

Thanks everybody!

As catkin said, bash allows you to optionally set the xterm title directly from the PS1 prompt string.

The part at the front between "\e]0;" and "\a" is the title setting section, and "\[" and "\]" have also been placed around it because it contains non-printing characters. Everything after that is the setting for the prompt itself.

So just remove that front part from your PS1 prompt setting and new shells shouldn't have their titles affected.

Ok thank you. I will make some adjustments following your advice.