On 2015-04-20 Mon 11:18 AM |, Craig Skinner wrote: > OK folks, > > Same results on a 3rd box with 5.6 release. >
Here's info on what various termcap entries produce: $ grep ^ttyC /etc/ttys | grep on$ ttyC0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt220 on ttyC1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" pccon on ttyC2 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" pcvt25-color on ttyC3 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" wsvt25m on .--------------------------. | console has colours | | when monitor connected: | .-------+---------------+-------------|-------------+------------| | tty | printenv TERM | tput colors | before boot | after boot | |-------|---------------|-------------|-------------|------------| | ttyC0 | vt220 | -1 | no | no | |-------|---------------|-------------|-------------|------------| | ttyC1 | pccon | 8 | yes | no | |-------|---------------|-------------|-------------|------------| | ttyC2 | pcvt25-color | 8 | yes | no | |-------|---------------|-------------|-------------|------------| | ttyC3 | wsvt25m | 8 | yes | no | '-------+---------------+-------------+-------------+------------' Is there something in the boot process that enables console colours if a monitor is connected? Is the kernel behaviour different on boot with/without a monitor present? Cheers. -- I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.