On Fri, 20 Oct 2017, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: > Why do you want to use TERM=dumb instead of Linux?
> I've tried proposing to systemd to not use color in LPAR/ZVM modes, > but that was rejected see > https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/3115 ehh? This (accepted) patch appear to accept and pass through any kernel argument line setting for 'TERM=' https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/32391275c02715f76232128c49b19bb619cd9463 That said, I do not hold the belief that the kernel parameter line presently supports passing in a 'TERM=blah' value see in the kernel sources file: kernel-parameters.txt which has no (present) mention of handling such https://raw.githubusercontent.com/torvalds/linux/master/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt Also local ditribution packagers may silently amend that list and cause certain lines to NOT be includable ... audit=1 is an example wihch I have encountered in ClefOS (the s390x Red Hat derived distribution which SNA and I worked up) space I would suspect the place to over-ride such was down in the /etc/profile.d/ snake's nest of files. I have poked Rich T to lend a SUSE s390x instance available to me, but that it where I would look -- Russ herrold ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
