Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 18:31:57 +0100 From: Lars Koeller <Lars_Koeller@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de> To: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu> Cc: Lars Koeller <Lars_Koeller@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: colorls needs color-xterm? Message-ID: <199703251731.SAA12412@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de> In-Reply-To: durang's message of Tue, 25 Mar 1997 08:42:31 -0800. <Pine.A41.3.95b.970325083602.22052A-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu>
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---------- Hello! In reply to "K. Marsh" who wrote: > On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Lars Koeller wrote: > > > In reply to "K. Marsh" who wrote: > > > >>>>>SNIP<<<<<< > > > However, the only color I can seem to get with xterm is black. I've tri ed > > > various xterm switches including +cm and +dc to no avail. > > > > Run without any problem fo me. Try this: > > > > - open a xterm > > - execute 'colorls -Gl /' > > > > A colored listing of / should appear. If this fails try it on the console. > > Never hat problem with it. > > Tried that. > Still no colors. Could the manager have anything to do with it? I'm using > twm via startx at the moment. > > > > Do you have in the file > > > > /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/Xresources > > > I Didn't, but now I do. The only line in it is: > > > > *customization: -color > > > Still no colors. > Thats impossible ;-) Do you ever try the console? Thats the first step I think. Lars -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internet: | Lars Koeller Lars_Koeller@odie.physik2.Uni-Rostock.DE | Department of Physics ftp://odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de | University of Rostock PGP-key: | Germany http://www.nic.surfnet.nl/pgp/pks-toplev.html | ----------- FreeBSD, what else? ---- http://www.freebsd.org ------------
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