At least on Xenial and onwards, our color scheme for the VTs is not being applied, since setvtrgb is not getting run on boot (it's still only an upstart job).
Porting setvtrgb to a systemd unit makes the pretty colors appear, and I can get my debconf/newt prompts back with an aubergine background.
At least on Xenial and onwards, our color scheme for the VTs is not being applied, since setvtrgb is not getting run on boot (it's still only an upstart job).
Porting setvtrgb to a systemd unit makes the pretty colors appear, and I can get my debconf/newt prompts back with an aubergine background.