Am Mittwoch 06 April 2011, 11:13:28 schrieb Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp:
> Am Mittwoch, 6. April 2011 schrieb HHa:
> > Hi John,
> > 
> > > Settings -> Schema
> > 
> > that is only part of the truth, because whatever schema I choose, if I do
> > an "ls", file names are printed green an directories blue. I want to get
> > rid of these colours.
> 
> That's 'cause in your .bashrc - or what ever shell you use -  there is most
> probably a sequence like this:
> 
> if [ -x /usr/bin/dircolors ]; then
>     eval "`dircolors -b`"
>     alias ls='ls --color=auto'
>     #alias dir='dir --color=auto'
>     #alias vdir='vdir --color=auto'
> 
>     alias grep='grep --color=auto'
>     alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
>     alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
> fi
> 
> which turns on colors :-)

You can adjust the colors if by editing /etc/dir_colors. You don't want to get 
get to rid of them completely, do you?

You may also set the terminal to be bright-on-black. 

Bye