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 virtual
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 dec-
imal 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.
AUTHORS
The utility is written by Alexey Gladkov, Seth Forshee, Dustin Kirkland.
DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by Dustin Kirkland.
kbd 3 Mar 2011 SETVTRGB(8)
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