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
       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
       -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.

kbd                               3 Mar 2011                       SETVTRGB(8)