[CentOS] Switching off color on console

Fri Aug 25 20:19:05 UTC 2006
William L. Maltby <CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com>

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.

> <snip sig stuff>

-- 
Bill
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