On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Taupter wrote: > Some friend told me about a problem he has with Slack7.1, and I tested > with Debian 2.2 (upgraded from net) and worked the same. Let me explain: > > Make sure CAPS-LOCK is off; > In a console logon, press CAPS-LOCK before typing your login name; > Type in your login name and press Enter. The word PASSWORD will be show > all caps; > Press CAPS-LOCK again and type your password an press Enter. > > Voila! The text now is all-CAPS. ls has glitches, and ls --color doesn't > display any color. Emacs and other console programs doesn't display its > interfaces in the right way. It affects the current console only.
This is not a bug, it's a feature (really!). Back in the olden days, some terminals didn't support both upper- and lowercase characters (say, for instance, a Teletype). By typing in all uppercase, you're telling /bin/login that you want everything to 7-bit clean (*) for the duration of that login-session. Hence, the lack of color (controlled by escape sequences). Fix: Don't type your login name in all uppercase. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | She who says, does not know. http://www.debian.org | She who knows, does not say. | - Tao Te Ching
