title in gui terminal?

hi,

i'm a newbie concerning configuration of screen so this a question about 
distro standard configurations:

when i ssh from my debian box to a redhat server and start a screen 
there window title and tab of my gnome-terminal show what i think is the 
"hardstatus string". when i start screen locally in debian or via ssh on 
a debian server no such thing happens although there is a "hardstatus 
string" configuration in /etc/screenrc.

whats the difference in the standard configurations?

screen version is always 4.0.3

relevant screenrc lines IMO:

debian 6:

# Set the hardstatus prop on gui terms to set the titlebar/icon title
termcapinfo xterm*|rxvt*|kterm*|Eterm* hs:ts=\E]0;:fs=\007:ds=\E]0;\007
# use this for the hard status string
hardstatus string "%h%? users: %u%?

RHEL 5:

# special xterm hardstatus: use the window title.
termcapinfo xterm 'hs:ts=\E]2;:fs=\007:ds=\E]2;screen\007'
# Red Hat's normal status line
hardstatus string "[screen %n%?: %t%?] %h"

thx
matthias