If you are starting the terminal from within X, you can change anything about
the terminal, including the window size.
For example.  xterm -fg white -bg black -geometry 640x480 -fn 10x20.
For just the background, do xterm -bg red.
I don't know how to change the text mode terminal, but I know it involves
adding an environment variable in /etc/profile or $HOME/.profile.
Good luck.

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> I seem to recall setting the background color of my
> terminal screen at one point in time. I know how to
> do the 'ls --color' thing, I really want the whole
> background to change to red or something. 
> 
> Anyone know how?
> 
> Mike
> mgcon@getnet.com
> http://www.getnet.com/~mgcon
> Phoenix, AZ
> USA
> 
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