Hi Folks I'm using TERM=xterm-256color and work fine.
Regards. On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 1:18 PM, John <j...@sdf.org> wrote: > Yes, this is right. > > Thanks for the input, I should've delved more deeply- especially in this > page https://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-cons.html where it states > > 'you can change this value to wsvt25 instead, to get colors' > > That'll teach me for doubting the docs. > > I don't have the machine with me, but checked the installation disk (which > uses high res console and colours) - this uses wsvt25 as $TERM. The machine > I was playing about with earlier didn't have this as it's $TERM value. > > Bw > John > > On Thu, 5 May 2016, Martin Husemann wrote: > > Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 17:58:16 +0200 >> From: Martin Husemann <mar...@duskware.de> >> To: Benny Siegert <bsieg...@gmail.com> >> Cc: John Halfpenny <j...@sdf.org>, netbsd-users@NetBSD.org >> Subject: Re: Console colours on NetBSD7 >> >> On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 05:50:24PM +0200, Benny Siegert wrote: >> >>> >>>> Most applications query the terminal capabilities and decides whether >>>> to use colors or not, maybe your TERM environment variable is wrong? >>>> >>> >>> What value of TERM would be right for the console on amd64? >>> >> >> I not using special kernel options or wsconsctl settings, I would use >> wsvt25. >> >> Martin >> >> > j...@sdf.org > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.org > -- Francisco Valladolid H. -- http://blog.bsdguy.net - Jesus Christ follower.
