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SETVTRGB

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2011
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NAME

setvtrgb - customize the console color map  

SYNOPSIS

setvtrgb vga

setvtrgb FILE|-  

DESCRIPTION

setvtrgb sets the console color map in all virtual terminals according to custom values specified in a file or standard input. With the `vga' parameter, it can also be used to restore the settings built into the kernel.

When invoked with a filename or `-', setvtrgb expects input as follows:

  color0_r,color1_r,...,color15_r
  color0_g,color1_g,...,color15_g
  color0_b,color1_b,...,color15_b

where colorN_{r,g,b} is the red/green/blue portion of the respective color in decimal notation in the 0..255 range. To pre-seed a file in the correct format, you can use

  cat /sys/module/vt/parameters/default_{red,grn,blu}

The meanings of the color values are defined as follows:

  +--------+--------+---------+
  | Normal | Bright | Color   |
  +--------+--------+---------+
  |      0 |      8 | Black   |
  |      1 |      9 | Red     |
  |      2 |     10 | Green   |
  |      3 |     11 | Yellow  |
  |      4 |     12 | Blue    |
  |      5 |     13 | Magenta |
  |      6 |     14 | Cyan    |
  |      7 |     15 | White   |
  +---------------------------+  

AUTHOR

setvtrgb is Copyright © 2011 Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey@gmail.com>, with portions by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com> and Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@canonical.com> at Canonical Ltd.

This manual page was written by Michael Schutte <michi@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

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SETVTRGB

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 3 Mar 2011
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NAME

setvtrgb - set the virtual terminal RGB colors  

SYNOPSIS

setvtrgb -h|-V|vga|FILE|-  

DESCRIPTION

The setvtrgb command takes a single argument, either the string vga , or a path to a file containing the red, green, and blue colors to be used by the Linux virtual terminals.

If you use the FILE parameter, FILE 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

 

OTHER OPTIONS

-h

Prints usage message and exits.

-V

Prints version number and exists.

 

AUTHOR

The utility is written by Alexey Gladkov, Seth Forshee, Dustin Kirkland.

 

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Dustin Kirkland.

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