Description of problem: guestfish can not restore terminal's output colour when exit guestfish, if the terminal's background colour is black then it will make a inconvenient(see attatchment: guestfish_2.png). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libguestfs-1.27.48-1.1.el7 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: # useradd test # su - test # guestfish ><fs> ><fs> exit [test@rhel7libguestfs ~]$ (these characters are black on a black background colour) Actual results: See attachment: guestfish_2.png Expected results: guestfish should restore terminal's output colour when exit guestfish Additional info:
Created attachment 939072 [details] guestfish_2.png
An easy way to reproduce this: (1) Run: xterm -bg black -fg white (2) In the xterm window which opens, run guestfish (3) Type 'exit' at the guestfish prompt (4) We return to the command prompt, but with black-on-black prompt and text.
Upstream fix: https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commit/816d7cf9413ceb70fba48c069e3d2c39c6b67f49 It also requires a patch to the spec file: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/libguestfs.git/commit/?id=035b053b529ef965f1083400d2d29d4040303813
*** Bug 1144198 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Verify with libguestfs-1.27.53-1.1.el7 Steps to verify: 1. Run: xterm -bg black -fg white 2. Run guestfish 3. ><fs> exit 4. Return to the command prompt with white-on-black prompt
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-0303.html