[CentOS] Re: Switching off color on console

William L. Maltby CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com
Fri Aug 25 21:41:14 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 14:27 -0700, Scott Silva wrote:
> William L. Maltby spake the following on 8/25/2006 1:19 PM:
> > On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 21:43 +0200, Thomas Prangenberg wrote:
> >> William L. Maltby schrieb:
> >>> On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 12:33 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
> >>>> On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 17:15 +0100, Will McDonald wrote:
> >>>>> On 25/08/06, William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>><snip>

> >> Sorry if I ask something stupid,
> >> if Petr's modification of the /etc/sysconfig/init file provides for a
> >> black and white bootup (it does) and an entry in /etc/profile or the
> >> respective .bashrc files provides a black and white login
> >> (TERM=linux-m/export TERM) what is the benefit of defining the black and
> >> white term on kernel level before these steps.
> >> Best regards,
> >> Thomas
> > 
> > IIUC, the BOOTUP change occurs only when init starts up, not during
> > kernel (dmesg) output. Of course, the clarity they provide in getting us
> > to spend so much effort on finding a seemingly simple answer may lead us
> > to wrong conclusions.
> > 
> You will soon get to a point where the billable hours to fix it will outweigh
> the cost of a color monitor. ;-)

Yep! And so we see the underlying cause of the demise of the concept of
"craftsmanship".

-- 
Bill
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