dj3, this bug is about screen. Jason Cohen is right in comment 18: it's not enough that the terminal supports 256 colors, it should also advertise it.
Byobu does it by default after fixing bug 409353: mi...@dutier:~$ tput colors 256 Screen should also do it. Please consider reopening this bug (I don't have the permission to reopen it myself). -- GNU Screen: 256 colors not enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/87966 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs