I'm experiencing the same thing. ls --color doesn't seem to work for me
unless like Doug, I set TERM=xterm-color.

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Doug Barton wrote:

>       The new improved ncurses version of the color ls stuff doesn't display
> for me if I am in a "normal" xterm. If I set TERM equal to xterm-color
> I'm back in business. Is this expected behavior? If so, a note to that
> effect in the man page would help reduce user confusion. I'll be happy
> to submit a patch if needed. 
> 
>       If it isn't expected behavior, where could I be going wrong? I don't do
> anything unusual with termcap. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug
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