RH6.2 colors

[fathead]

When I connect to my Linux server from a terminal emulation program (tinyterm,facetwin,etc.) the colors of the text will change colors. For example, if I type 'ls -l' it will list everything, but change the color of the text. Sometimes the text will be blue, yellow, and worst of all black. In order to restore order, I have to run my acctg software, then escape back to a shell prompt. Any suggestions?

If I'm at the console everything is ok...

 

[flugh]

Not sure of your clientside platform, but it sounds like broken escape code interpretation. Try modifying the PS1 value on the remote (edit ~/.environment, ~/.profile, whatever). Make sure PS1 value ends with:

\033[0m\]

That tells the terminal to reset the text color to a default value. This way, no matter what kind of output a program dumps to your terminal, it will finish up by resetting the color. --
JR