diff -uNr arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c.looseterm arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
--- chan_user.c.looseterm	Tue Jun 12 16:59:41 2001
+++ chan_user.c	Fri Jun 22 12:49:09 2001
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	sprintf(title, info->title, info->console_num);
 	if((pid = fork()) != 0) *info->pid_out = pid;
 	else {
-		execlp("xterm", "xterm", flag, "-T", title, NULL);
+		execlp("xterm", "xterm", flag, "-T", title, "-xrm", "XTerm.termName: xterm", NULL);
 		printk("execlp of xterm failed - errno = %d\n", errno);
 		exit(1);
 	}