On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 14:27 -0700, Scott Silva wrote: > 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. ;-) Yep! And so we see the underlying cause of the demise of the concept of "craftsmanship". -- Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060825/db7cb006/attachment-0005.sig>