As far is i know there is a tool 'setterm'. Check the man page, you can change the colors with this tool!
regards, hampel > Background (no pun intended) > > I administer several systems of various redhat releases and in working > with a new redhat 8.0 server the xterm or whatever is the default term > in gnome has a white bg. Now I personally dislike white background > since they are hard on my eyes but I do like the colors in ls. That is > probably another discussion. Well maybe not, if you know where to > change the colors to black bg I would be grateful. The machine is > across town and I am rarely sitting at the console or even using x > programs. > > The real issue is that when I ssh into the box from a black background > xterm, the ls colors are so dark that I can't see them. in trying to > grok the LS_COLORS setup I see that in 8.0 RH included a > /etc/DIRCOLORS.xterm file and that is what is getting picked up and > setting the colors to not use the bold attribute on things like > directories. Copying DIRCOLORS to ~/dircolors fixes the remote problem > since it still had the 01 attribute set. If and when I get back to the > site and run x, the colors are going to be hard to read since the bg is > white there ( see above), right? > > Now the question. Is there a mechanism to let terminal based > applications that may need to write different colors to the screen to > know what the background of the screen is so they can get it right? > > The machine in question is not really mine. I just consult with the NT > admin that is brave enough begin replacing NT boxes with linux and I am > loathe to change too much outside of my user account since it is "his" > box. > > As always, Tips appreciated. > > Bret > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
