.\" @(#)man/man8/setvtrgb.8 1.0 Mar 3 12:32:18 CST 2011 .TH SETVTRGB 8 "3 Mar 2011" "kbd" .SH NAME setvtrgb \- set the virtual terminal RGB colors .SH SYNOPSIS .B setvtrgb [\fI\,options\/\fR] .I vga|FILE|\- .SH DESCRIPTION The .I setvtrgb command takes a single argument, either the string .B vga , or a path to a file containing the red, green, and blue colors to be used by the Linux virtual terminals. If you use the .B FILE parameter, .B FILE should be exactly 3 lines of 16 comma-separated decimal values for RED, GREEN, and BLUE. To seed a valid .B FILE : .RS .B "cat /sys/module/vt/parameters/default_{red,grn,blu} > FILE" .RE And then edit the values in .B FILE .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-console\fR=\fI\,DEV\/\fR the console device to be used; .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Prints usage message and exits. .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Prints version number and exists. .SH AUTHOR The utility is written by Alexey Gladkov, Seth Forshee, Dustin Kirkland. .SH DOCUMENTATION Documentation by Dustin Kirkland.