RDS <rds1944@gmail.com> writes:

> 1) Using standard agetty, not emacs terminal.
>
> 2) M-x list-faces-display (after fault)
> All OK except
>   font-lock-string-face (black-on-black)
>   sh-escaped-newline "
>   toolbar "
>   window-divider-last-pixel "

Hm...  you don't happen to have any packages installed that alters these
faces, by any chance?  (Grep your .el files for `font-lock-string-face',
for instance.)

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