Re: How to change text and screen colors in framebuffer console

Sure,use setterm
for example
setterm -background green

On 6/2/06, 46kmz5j02 <46kmz5j02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I use framebuffer console mode by appending "vga=787" to kernel line
in /boot/grub/menu.lst. I would like to know if possible to change color
of console text and background color also.

I have googled and not found this info.

Thank you very much.


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