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
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