>I'm not sure I understand what this means. What is "agetty"? Linux console login utility. > And what do you call "emacs terminal"? emacsclient -t (terminal mode) as noted in original post. Not -c option. >M-: (display-color-cells) RET 8 : console 256 : xterm >And what happens if you try to customize these faces to define the >colors they should have? It works! Tried it from the menu bar. On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 10:02 AM Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: RDS > > Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 09:46:38 -0700 > > Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , 50462@debbugs.gnu.org > > > > 1) Using standard agetty, not emacs terminal. > > I'm not sure I understand what this means. What is "agetty"? And > what do you call "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 " > > And what happens if you try to customize these faces to define the > colors they should have? Or different colors? Does that work, or do > these faces fail to display any colors, no matter what? > > Btw, how many colors does this terminal support? You can find the > answer like this: > > M-: (display-color-cells) RET > > And finally, does "M-x list-colors-display RET" show some colors > incorrectly? >