From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 14 9: 6:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2332037B421 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:06:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([62.253.89.236]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020114170559.RQN8848.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@localhost> for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:05:59 +0000 Received: from ac by localhost with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16QAXu-00022j-00 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:05:18 +0000 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:05:18 +0000 From: Anthony Campbell To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Still can't get color in xterm properly. Message-ID: <20020114170518.GA7846@debian.local> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I can set TERM=xterm-color; export TERM In an xterm window and it will work for that window, but not in others. If I put it in $HOME/.profile or in /etc/profile it causes wrong symbols to appear in the consoles and doesn't work in X. Where is one supposed to put it so that it is the default for X? Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message