[CLUE-Tech] Black and White monitor w/ RedHat?

[Michael J. Hammel]

On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 13:19, Jeremy Huber wrote:
> Ok, I just ran across an interesting problem.. a coworker that I'm trying to
> convert to Linux from MS has a RH 7.2 box that he's learning on.  He just
> added a little 6" b/w monitor (it's really quite cute) so he can use that
> box as a console/ssh into other boxes.  The problem is that the colors for
> ls, vi, less, etc.. don't show up at all, which really confuses him when
> there's blank places where he knows SOMETHING is there.  My question is:
> where can I tell RedHat to stop trying colors?  Is there something with the
> term type that I can change?

Try one of the following, they might work for your TERM variable:

linux-m
linux-m-nc
ansiw

to use them (example):

export TERM=linux-m

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Michael J. Hammel <mjhammel at graphics-muse.org>
Graphics Muse