window focus for text entry

["Sicular, Alexander" <as867 columbia edu>]

hi all,

when a new window pops up ie:xterm, netscape... i manualy have to click on
the title bar with my mouse to get the cursor positioned in the new window.
it is really anoying.  what setting do i have to change?

thanx,
-alex sicular

ps. distro: rh 6.1
e15