see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=61008
a patch to fix the behaviour has been supplied. As a workaround for your situation without the patch: remove any 'set colour on' lines from your ~/.ircrc and the system /etc/irc/* scripts and ircII as is without the patch will use your terminal colors instead of forcing white on black. -greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]