>> in /etc/DIR_COLORS change line "color tty" to "color none"
>
> The notion of color is part of the terminal capabilities. And the answer
> should be, change the default TERM environment variable to linux-m instead
> of linux.
Ye, ye ... but where to set that console is linux-m for default ---
> Still I looked for the proper place to set the TERM environment and I
> could not find where one should put it. Either mingetty should be told
> (which apparently is not possible) or one can do it conditionally based on
> tty being used.
>
> Both will not change the colors seen during the boot process. Maybe this
> is a good question for Red Hat's knowledgebase or bugzilla ?
>
> It probably is a kernel boot parameter.
>
With color during bootime, respectively INIT time I can help you ...
from /etc/sysconfig/init
# color => new RH6.0 bootup
# verbose => old-style bootup
# anything else => new style bootup without ANSI colors or positioning
#BOOTUP=color
BOOTUP=verbose
# Turn on graphical boot
#GRAPHICAL=yes
GRAPHICAL=no
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Petr Klíma
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