In article <004d01cb2e20$b68016b0$23804410$@jarratt at ntlworld.com>,
    "Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>  writes:
  What I neglected to say was that I *do* get colour,
but only after logging
 in. Sorry I forgot to mention that, I realise it is probably quite an
 important detail. It is only the login screen that is monochrome. 
Are you using xdm?
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_display_manager_(program_type)>
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