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. ;-) -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!