Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 00:07:43 -0400 (EDT) From: David Krauser <david.krauser@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Color Spills Over From SSH Session Message-ID: <alpine.BSO.2.00.1107082350050.15592@wolfman.devio.us>
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Hello everybody, I've tried to setup a kind of 'dedicated ssh client' using FreeBSD, and I'm having some issues with the terminal colors. I have a basic install of FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE (I only had kernel-dev packages checked at installation) and I rebuilt the GENERIC kernel with the VESA and SC_PIXEL_MODE options enabled (for a high resolution terminal). Now here's the problem: when I ssh into another box and issue a command with colors (like vim's syntax hilighting or a colored ls) the primary color of the terminal will change. I'm often left with a crazy colored and hard to read bash prompt (all in the ssh session). When I exit the session back to FreeBSD, the colors persist. I have to use the command 'reset' to fix the issue. I believe my primary FreeBSD shell is csh (it's whatever the default is in FreeBSD) and I'm not sure if it can handle colors or if it has them enabled. I generally ssh into a bash shell. I'm really a newcomer with FreeBSD, and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch, David Krauser david.krauser@gmail.com
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