Missing interface elements in htop

Question

After reinstalling the system (on client) had a problem with the interface htop. Not show some of the elements: username, load average

client: win7pro, putty 9708

server: ubuntu server 12.04

Answer 1

Putty is rendering "gray" color (sometimes referred to as "bright black") as black. Go to the Putty settings and tweak the colors, it should fix it.

Answer 2

There are two common ways to render ANSI "bold" text: as actual bold characters, or as light-colored text. Modern Linux tools tend to expect the latter, but PuTTY uses the former. As @paradroid said, you can configure how PuTTY handles ANSI bold codes. I tend to keep it on color-only, but if you also use programs that expect bold to literally mean bold, you may want to choose Both.

Update:

PuTTY has been updated with better defaults. If you're seeing bold text without light coloring, you may want to consider updating PuTTY.