[Gllug] Text mode console colours

[Simon Trimmer]

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Jonathan Dye wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As my last email seems to have disappeared somewhere I'll ask again.
> Is there a way to change the colours (background and foreground) on the text
> consoles?  By that I mean the text frambuffer devices and the normal text
> mode consoles, no X involved here.
>
> JD

setterm(1)

But a lot of apps will change the colours to their own liking (e.g. ls) and
it won't stick for long.

-Simon
Simon Trimmer <simon at urbanmyth.org>



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