Look in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile. In one of them you will find the aliases for colored ls output, just uncomment them and you should be set up. If there is nothing there, then just add:
alias ls=ls --color to your ~/.bashrc -Rob On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 09:48:51PM +0100, Vittorio De Martino wrote: > Il Monday 05 February 2001 18:33, hai scritto: > > To quote Vittorio De Martino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > # well, I finished the first part of Debian 2.2r2 potato installation > > with > > # success and, before going ahead with the installation of the basic > > system, > > # I'd like to fix the appearance of the screen. Having an SVGA color > > monitor > > # I want it to appears in colors as it actually is when you start the > > # installation CD. Instead, at the end of the first part of the > > installation, > > # all I got is a flat B/W screen. > > # What should I do? > > > > Please describe more thouroughly(sp?) what you mean. Generally, after > > one has completed the installation, you're presented with the login > > prompt. If that's your case, then there are no colours to be displayed > > anyhow, it's just text. Log in, and do 'ls --colors'. If everything is > > still in grey and black, then you might have a problem. If you're using > > XFree86, and it refuses to display colours, try running 'XF86Setup' or > > 'dexter' to configure X. > > > > David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay > > Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.) > Yes, I'm presented with the login prompt, then I key my root password in and > all I have is a B/W screen. I cannot distinguish, e.g., if what I'm listing > is a directory or a file, because it's all white on black screen. I know that > it is possible to set a color screen even working under bash. > At least, under RedHat I have that screen , where for instance directories > are blue, executable files are green and symlink are highlighted red. Even at > boot time the screen is colored with the various [OK] green and [failed] > yellow, > Is now my point clear? > Any help to get such a result? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
