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  1. Bug #730672
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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote : Feature Request: Provide an interface to modify console colors

Binary package hint: kbd

The Linux virtual terminals support 16 colors, which are configurable in:
 /sys/module/vt/parameters/default_{red,grn,blu}

A well formed color map, cmap, can be dynamically set using the ioctl:
 ioctl(/dev/tty0, PIO_CMAP, cmap)

It would be very Ubuntu of us to provide a program in /sbin/setvtrgb that dynamically modifies these colors. Furthermore, we should provide a better default color palette than the standard vga one, allow admins to configure it, and apply it at boot.