[Pkg-kbd-devel] Bug#617416: kbd: [Feature Request] Add userspace utility for adjusting the virtual terminal color map

Michael Schutte michi at debian.org
Wed Mar 9 22:11:14 UTC 2011


Hey Dustin,

On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 04:39:49PM +0000, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> I (co-)wrote a tool, /sbin/setvtrgb, that uses a clever ioctl() to
> dynamically adjust the virtual terminal's (console's) 16-color color
> map.  There's a manpage included in the diff that explains how to
> (very simply) use the tool.

Thanks, that looks useful!  Have you considered sending it upstream
<kbd at lists.altlinux.org>?  I’m sure Alexey could find a nice spot for
your utility (perhaps in contrib/).

Cheers,
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