Comment 7 for bug 29787

Turns out I was exporting TERM=xterm-color because the case statement looks for it in the stock ~/.bashrc, to get color. I realized below that there is another PS1 outside the case statement which can be uncommented to add color. When I commented my TERM=xterm-color and got color through the color PS1 (not through the case statement),

Conclusion: changing term types caused this problem for me. The ~/.bashrc xterm-color case statement was a bit misleading for me.