Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Nov 1999 16:10:59 -0800 (PST) | From | Bob Lorenzini <> | Subject | Re: console color code location? |
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On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Al Elia wrote:
> I've tried using setterm...it doesn't take (permanently anyway). In > FreeBSD, you can set teh default colors in the syscons.c (defaults are > FG_LIGHTGREY || BG_BLACK....I set them to FG_WHITE || BG BLACK) file and > recompile the kernel, so that all programs use those colors by > default. I'm assuming that this is set somewhere in the console driver > code in linux, but I have thus far been unsuccessful in finding where. >
In console.c, the following gives blue text on white.
def_color = 0x71; ulcolor = 0x7f; halfcolor = 0x78;
If you do this you will also probably have to dork with /etc/DIR_COLORS depending on what your after.
Bob
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