> > >You must set the color resource > > OK ... tried all that ... didn't help ... other ideas? >
First, make sure it has any colors... it has ansi escape sequences, if it is an 'xterm'... so, make sure the termcap or terminfo description for xterm is set for color... try echo "\033[31m One color.\033[32m Second color." And see what happens, the ESC [30m ... ESC [38m should set the foreground color, and ESC [40m .. ESC [48m should set the background color. If it doesn't give color... your xterm uses the termcap database, is it installed? is the definition for xterm, set to the definition for xterm-color? Read the /etc/termcap (termcap compatibility package). Try setting your TERMINFO variable with the proper information for color xterm (if it isn't set). If it does display colors, then your 'ls' command is an old one, and has no color support. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ørn Einar Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax; +46 035 217194 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]