SETVTRGB

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: July 2011
Page Index

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

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