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Tmux Colors Not Working

rated 0 times [ 14] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 12224 / 3 Years ago, tue, july 6, 2021, 1:03:08

I have a bit of an odd issue as far as I can tell. When I use tmux I don't get color within the terminal (all text is white, even for things like ls), but my colors work perfectly for vim and other things like that.

In my .tmux.conf file I have the line set -g default-terminal "screen-256color", which is what most people say solved their problems. I also tried starting tmux by typing tmux -2, but that doesn't change anything.

I'm kind of at a loss at this point, so thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

OS: Ubuntu 16.04

Tmux Version: 2.1

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answered 3 Years ago ionodest · Accepted Answer

I can help you solve the symptom, but not the root of the problem.
The design of the prompt is configured in the variable PS1.

Outside tmux, this is the value:

$ echo ${PS1} # outside tmux

[e]0;u@h: wa]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}[033[01;32m]u@h[033[00m]:[033[01;34m]w[033[00m]$

This is the value inside tmux:

$ echo ${PS1} # outside tmux

${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}u@h:w$

to fix the problem, you can run this command inside tmux, and the prompt will immediately look normal for the current window:

PS1='[e]0;u@h: wa]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}[033[01;32m]u@h[033[00m]:[033[01;34m]w[033[00m]$ '

edit:
I solved it by adding the following line to ~/.tmux.conf

set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"