#service --status-all : screen flickering

hi there

when i run

#service --status-all
or 
#service nfs status

the screen flickers

if i ssh from remote system than i dont have flickering on the remote nor that system.

is it something to do with probably display configuration. ?
and which file are the display setting like resolutions set from?

thanks

Do you have some unusual TERM setting? /sbin/service is a only simple shell script.

it is a fresh install.
havent done any changes in any configuration file

What happens if you take the service script out of the equation and call the /etc/init.d/nfs script directly with an argument of status?

/etc/init.d#./nfs status
or 
/etc/init.d#./httpd status

it does give results but this still flickers

What window manager are you using? Gnome? What terminal emulator are you using?
What is the value of the TERM environmental variable?

well the system boots into runlevel 3
so i am not going in GUI runlevel(5) at all..if i #init 5 everything works well..
the flickering is in runlevel 3.

Sigh. It would have been helpful if you had provided this information when you asked for help.

Sounds like you are using a framebuffer.

What is the value of the TERM environmental variable?
What video card are you using?
What version of Redhat?
Are you running on a hypervisor or virtualized?