Hi Ban,
I started using mutt just on couple of weeks ago on a new(ish) Redhat 6.2 box using
mutt-1.0.1i-6.i386.rpm. Anyhoo, although this package installs /etc/Muttrc it is either
ignored or broken. I got color with
cp /usr/doc/mutt-1.0.1i/sample.muttrc ~/.muttrc
Hope this helps :)
Rob
On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 04:46:58PM -0400, Ben Roberts wrote:
> I know this is a FAQ, but I tried everyhting in the FAQ itself and I couldn't
> solve my problem.
>
> I'm trying to compile mutt 1.2.5i on RedHat 6.0 with either ncurses or slang, I
> don't care. I just want color! RedHat's mutt versions don't have color and so
> I tried compiling it from the tarball on mutt.org. It compiles and runs fine,
> but no color. Just black text on white background for any library, any #defines
> I manipulate in acconfig.h, any terminal mode I want including linux, nothing
> seems to work.
>
> after configure runs, config.h includes HAVE_COLOR #defined in it. So I know
> configure is working, and checking the source (specifically color.c) I don't
> know what could not be working here.
>
> I also tried compiling with slang and setting COLORTERM; no such luck.
>
> Maybe I should just sneak onto the system in the middle of the night and
> install Debian; it has a color mutt package :-) On that topic, I have been
> able to get mutt to display color on the same terminal on the same machine
> with the same $TERM when logged into my home machines with Debian and mutt.
>
> I also just tried upgrading to ncurses 5.0 in case there was some
> incompatibility; didn't work.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ben Roberts, Class of 2001 (1st of millenium), founding member of MBLUG
>
> "If your motherboard smells like carcinogens it's time to get a new
> motherboard."
> -- Ben Roberts, refering to his SPARC
>
