setvtrgb(8) — Linux manual page

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SETVTRGB(8)              System Manager's Manual              SETVTRGB(8)

NAME top

       setvtrgb - set the virtual terminal RGB colors

SYNOPSIS top

       setvtrgb [options] vga|FILE|-

DESCRIPTION top

       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 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 top

       -C, --console=DEV
              the console device to be used.

       -h, --help
              Prints usage message and exits.

       -V, --version
              Prints version number and exists.

AUTHORS top

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

DOCUMENTATION top

       Documentation by Dustin Kirkland.

COLOPHON top

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kbd                             3 Mar 2011                    SETVTRGB(8)