SETVTRGB

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

 

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 Kirkland.

 

DOCUMENTATION

Documentation by Dustin Kirkland.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHOR
DOCUMENTATION