Terminal question.

[Jonathan Gardner]

OK, I liked the look of that xfce-goody Terminal and am trying it out. I
do like it, but I seem to be stuck with the string:  bash-2.05b$
If I open eterm I get: gardnerj at rhiannon gardnerj $ 
Then if I open Terminal from eterm, I get the same thing eterm gives
me. 
Terminal by itself doesn't seem to pay any attention to .bashrc. 
How do I edit that to work for Terminal?
I'm probably missing something really stupid, but I can't figure it out.
Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks,
Jonathan