On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, "Petr \"Qaxi\" Klíma" wrote: > > > 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 --- That's the question :) I have no answer. > > 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 But that's not the correct fix. I found this that explains it a little bit: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO-9.html#console_ But no answers in there. BTW Even on monochrome screens you can see 'colors'. (bold, underline, different shades of gray) What happens on your console when colors are shown ? Kind regards, -- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]