xterm + sh/bash hangs, zsh doesn't

sofcik

every time i run
xterm
or
xterm -e sh
or
xterm -e bash
i doesn't get promp. Just black window.
xterm -e zsh is ok.
I was trying strace , but it shows nothing i could understand.
any one have a simmilar problem ?
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nixnut · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject:

try xterm -bg black -fg white
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sofcik · Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject:

it is not that simple

i can write in that black window letters, but there is no prompt, and commands don't do enything.
and can do
xterm -e mc
( my default prompt is bash) and it goes ok too

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