Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:54:10 -0500 From: Mike Galvez <mrg8n@mail.virginia.edu> To: "Andresen,Jason R." <jandrese@mitre.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Color term settings Message-ID: <20001115145410.A6154@m.mail.virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <3A12C42A.1FB711D2@mitre.org>; from jandrese@mitre.org on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:13:15PM -0500 References: <20001115115340.C4008@m.mail.virginia.edu> <3A12C42A.1FB711D2@mitre.org>
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Setting PuTTY's Connection Terminal-type string to xterm-color did the trick. Be aware that this option is not available to change while connected. Thanks to all who replied. -Mike On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:13:15PM -0500, Andresen,Jason R. wrote: > > > Mike Galvez wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm running a 4.0 release of FreeBSD and connecting to the server via ssh > > (PuTTY). My .muttrc has color settings which display fine on the console but > > they don't show up when connecting via PuTTY. I modified .cshrc to use colorls > > from the ports collection. Colorls displays color as expected via PuTTY/ssh. > > Is there a term setting I should add to .login_conf? /etc/ttys? > > You're probably going to have to set your terminal type to one of the > "color > enabled" versions. I used to use xterm-color with puttys xterm mode, > but > some things may break with that setting. > > -- > _ _ _ ___ ____ ___ ______________________________________ > / \/ \ | ||_ _|| _ \|___| | Jason Andresen -- jandrese@mitre.org > / /\/\ \ | | | | | |/ /|_|_ | Views expressed may not reflect those > /_/ \_\|_| |_| |_|\_\|___| | of the Mitre Corporation. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Galvez Computer Systems Sr. Engineer Office: 804-982-2975 Financial Analysis E-Mail: mrg8n@virginia.edu University of Virginia Messenger Mail: Carruthers Hall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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