ml>  NB> I didn't realize it until very late, that I was trying all of this   
   ml>  NB> on a 64bit distro. :(   
   ml>    
   ml> erk! this may be related to your problem... remember that quote i showed   
   ml> about a long being 32bit on some platforms and 64bit on others? this   
   ml> sounds like such...   
      
   Well, that was the problem the 2nd time, when I tried taking the BBS out of   
   the equasion. When I was using Mystic's JAM echos, it was on a 32bit distro.   
      
   Either way, the second attempt (without the BBS) _should_ have worked, had   
   it been tried on a 32bit distro. :(   
      
   ml> this is one reason why i always customize the prompt and background   
   ml> screens on my machines... especially when i'm ssh'd into several at   
   ml> once... i've been known to have upwards of a dozen ssh sessions open to   
   ml> my various machines... more than one to the same machine and also to   
   ml> numerous machines... i'll be comparing configs or even copy'n'pasting   
   ml> between them... i especially try to be sure of the window title and that   
   ml> it depicts which machine and task i'm working on at the time ;)   
      
   Sometimes I rush myself a little too much. :)   
      
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