I just installed FC4, and changed the run level to 3 so as to boot to a
command line console rather than the Xwindows system.  The problem I am
having is that in this mode directory names are displayed in dark blue
against the black background of my monitor which makes them just about
unreadable.  Is there a configuration file I can edit to change the color
configuration for the command line console?

Thanks,

/Bob

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On 2006-01-14, Bob Erdmann <boberdmann@cableone.net> wrote:
> I just installed FC4, and changed the run level to 3 so as to boot to a
> command line console rather than the Xwindows system.  The problem I am
> having is that in this mode directory names are displayed in dark blue
> against the black background of my monitor which makes them just about
> unreadable.  Is there a configuration file I can edit to change the color
> configuration for the command line console?

I'm using the tcshell (I know, everyone else uses bash ...).
I believe both use ~/.dir_colors

My setting there is:
COLOR none

Not to mention the LS_COLORS environment variable ..

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Check out all the files in your root (or other logon) directory.  ls -al

Look over the files beginning with a '.'

The settings should be somewhere in there.

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you can edit /etc/DIR_COLORS to suite your colorfull needs.

in your case: replace "DIR 00;34" with "DIR 00;37", you'll get white
text for directories.

regards,

Richard
RHCE


Bob Erdmann wrote:
> I just installed FC4, and changed the run level to 3 so as to boot to a
> command line console rather than the Xwindows system.  The problem I am
> having is that in this mode directory names are displayed in dark blue
> against the black background of my monitor which makes them just about
> unreadable.  Is there a configuration file I can edit to change the color
> configuration for the command line console?
>
> Thanks,
>
> /Bob
>
>

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