[arch-general] bash remote host completion gone

i had remote host completion: ssh hostna[tab] with my original debian .bashrc file. now with a new arch install it is gone and setting this export HOSTFILE=$HOME/.hosts doesn't bring it back even when i put the hostnames from /etc/hosts into that file. bash-completion is there and working just fine - except for the remote host completion. how can i get the remote hostnames to complete using [tab] again? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's