SETVTRGB(8) System Manager's Manual SETVTRGB(8)
NAME
setvtrgb - set the virtual terminal RGB colors
SYNOPSIS
setvtrgb [options] vga|FILE|-
DESCRIPTION
The setvtrgb command takes a single argument, either the string vga ,
or a path to a file containing the colors to be used by the Linux vir-
tual terminals.
You can choose to write the colors in decimal or hexadecimal format, it
will be detected on runtime.
Decimal FILE format should be exactly 3 lines of 16 comma-separated
decimal values for RED, GREEN, and BLUE.
To seed a valid FILE :
cat /sys/module/vt/parameters/default_{red,grn,blu} > FILE
And then edit the values in FILE
Hexadecimal FILE format should be exactly 16 lines of hex triplets for
RED, GREEN and BLUE, prefixed with a number sign (#). For example:
#000000
#AA0000
#00AA00
#AA5500
#0000AA
#AA00AA
#00AAAA
#AAAAAA
#555555
#FF5555
#55FF55
#FFFF55
#5555FF
#FF55FF
#55FFFF
#FFFFFF
OPTIONS
-C, --console=DEV
the console device to be used;
-h, --help
Prints usage message and exits.
-V, --version
Prints version number and exists.
AUTHOR
The utility is written by Alexey Gladkov, Seth Forshee, Dustin Kirk-
land.
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by Dustin Kirkland.
kbd 3 Mar 2011 SETVTRGB(8)
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