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Bill Cosby
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 Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:19 am Post subject: Linux console colors (tty)? |
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Hi there,
I was wondering, you can change the background and foreground colors in the Linux console (e.g. with setterm), but does anyone know where I can change the predefined colors for this?
I mean I can do "setterm -background blue", but where is defined what "blue" looks like? I figure this must be somewhere in the Kernel source, anyone knows anything about this?
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Bill
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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Bill Cosby
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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| ultraincognito wrote: | | Why did you post this topic in the "Off the Wall"? |
It is not "Gentoo specific", e.g. the line under "Gentoo Chat" says: "For general linux questions, see Off The Wall." 
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ultraincognito
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The colors are in the /usr/bin/setterm. Info 100%.
Try:
| Code: | # sed -i 's/white/test/' /usr/bin/setterm
# setterm -background test |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| ultraincognito wrote: | The colors are in the /usr/bin/setterm. Info 100%.
Try:
| Code: | # sed -i 's/white/test/' /usr/bin/setterm
# setterm -background test |
and ascertain yourself. |
knowingly telling people to break their environment is NOT the otw way.
making fun of them is
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Bill Cosby
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| ultraincognito wrote: | The colors are in the /usr/bin/setterm. Info 100%.
Try:
| Code: | # sed -i 's/white/test/' /usr/bin/setterm
# setterm -background test |
and ascertain yourself. |
Ya, well, thanks for not helping.
So does anyone know where the colors are defined in the kernel?
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