[CentOS] Re: Switching off color on console

Fri Aug 25 21:27:03 UTC 2006
Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com>

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. ;-)



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