Ubuntu changing background color in text mode boot
I have changed the setting in my ubuntu desktop 16.04 to boot only on command line mode. Upon reboot, the interface that opened had black background, text in white, directories in blue and so on and so forth...normal terminal color options.
I am trying to change the background color to white and text to black so that the visibility of the content is better. I used the following code (taken from this post):
dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/:b1dcc9dd-5262-4d8d-a863-c897e6d979b9/background-color "'rgb(0,0,255)'"
But got an error
error: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 display
Usage:
dconf write KEY VALUE
Write a new value to a key
Arguments:
KEY A key path (starting, but not ending with '/')
VALUE The value to write (in GVariant format)
I understand the error related to X11 display. However, the rest I could not. How to I set the background to white / blue(in the above case it is blue) and text to black
command-line bash colors
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I have changed the setting in my ubuntu desktop 16.04 to boot only on command line mode. Upon reboot, the interface that opened had black background, text in white, directories in blue and so on and so forth...normal terminal color options.
I am trying to change the background color to white and text to black so that the visibility of the content is better. I used the following code (taken from this post):
dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/:b1dcc9dd-5262-4d8d-a863-c897e6d979b9/background-color "'rgb(0,0,255)'"
But got an error
error: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 display
Usage:
dconf write KEY VALUE
Write a new value to a key
Arguments:
KEY A key path (starting, but not ending with '/')
VALUE The value to write (in GVariant format)
I understand the error related to X11 display. However, the rest I could not. How to I set the background to white / blue(in the above case it is blue) and text to black
command-line bash colors
asked 7 hours ago
ApricotApricot
1062
Possible duplicate of How can I customize a full-screen console background (TTY)?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
1
Booting to command-line only mode, you are not using GNOME Terminal (which this method is for), but the TTY (see dupe).
– Olorin
7 hours ago
On second thought, a better dupe would be Changing colour of text and background of terminal?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
@Olorin Thank you...I have already tried those links....esp the second one...the setterm works weirdly...when I set the background color to white...on keyboard enter, I get to see the white background...however if i typelsthe contents gets displayed with black background only....hence the question. The gconftool is not working nor provides any output
– Apricot
7 hours ago
Hmm, that would be because the escape sequences output bylsinclude code to reset the color. How aboutecho -en 'e]P0FFFFFF' 'e]PF000000'? This changes what the TTY "thinks" black and white are (the first sets black, aka colour 0 toFFFFFF, and the second sets white (colourF) to000000. From askubuntu.com/a/153493/760903
– Olorin
6 hours ago
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I have changed the setting in my ubuntu desktop 16.04 to boot only on command line mode. Upon reboot, the interface that opened had black background, text in white, directories in blue and so on and so forth...normal terminal color options.
I am trying to change the background color to white and text to black so that the visibility of the content is better. I used the following code (taken from this post):
dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/:b1dcc9dd-5262-4d8d-a863-c897e6d979b9/background-color "'rgb(0,0,255)'"
But got an error
error: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 display
Usage:
dconf write KEY VALUE
Write a new value to a key
Arguments:
KEY A key path (starting, but not ending with '/')
VALUE The value to write (in GVariant format)
I understand the error related to X11 display. However, the rest I could not. How to I set the background to white / blue(in the above case it is blue) and text to black
command-line bash colors
asked 7 hours ago
ApricotApricot
1062
I have changed the setting in my ubuntu desktop 16.04 to boot only on command line mode. Upon reboot, the interface that opened had black background, text in white, directories in blue and so on and so forth...normal terminal color options.
I am trying to change the background color to white and text to black so that the visibility of the content is better. I used the following code (taken from this post):
dconf write /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/:b1dcc9dd-5262-4d8d-a863-c897e6d979b9/background-color "'rgb(0,0,255)'"
But got an error
error: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 display
Usage:
dconf write KEY VALUE
Write a new value to a key
Arguments:
KEY A key path (starting, but not ending with '/')
VALUE The value to write (in GVariant format)
I understand the error related to X11 display. However, the rest I could not. How to I set the background to white / blue(in the above case it is blue) and text to black
command-line bash colors
command-line bash colors
asked 7 hours ago
ApricotApricot
1062
asked 7 hours ago
ApricotApricot
1062
asked 7 hours ago
ApricotApricot
1062
asked 7 hours ago
ApricotApricot
1062
asked 7 hours ago
ApricotApricot
1062
1062
Possible duplicate of How can I customize a full-screen console background (TTY)?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
1
Booting to command-line only mode, you are not using GNOME Terminal (which this method is for), but the TTY (see dupe).
– Olorin
7 hours ago
On second thought, a better dupe would be Changing colour of text and background of terminal?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
@Olorin Thank you...I have already tried those links....esp the second one...the setterm works weirdly...when I set the background color to white...on keyboard enter, I get to see the white background...however if i typelsthe contents gets displayed with black background only....hence the question. The gconftool is not working nor provides any output
– Apricot
7 hours ago
Hmm, that would be because the escape sequences output bylsinclude code to reset the color. How aboutecho -en 'e]P0FFFFFF' 'e]PF000000'? This changes what the TTY "thinks" black and white are (the first sets black, aka colour 0 toFFFFFF, and the second sets white (colourF) to000000. From askubuntu.com/a/153493/760903
– Olorin
6 hours ago
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Possible duplicate of How can I customize a full-screen console background (TTY)?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
1
Booting to command-line only mode, you are not using GNOME Terminal (which this method is for), but the TTY (see dupe).
– Olorin
7 hours ago
On second thought, a better dupe would be Changing colour of text and background of terminal?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
@Olorin Thank you...I have already tried those links....esp the second one...the setterm works weirdly...when I set the background color to white...on keyboard enter, I get to see the white background...however if i typelsthe contents gets displayed with black background only....hence the question. The gconftool is not working nor provides any output
– Apricot
7 hours ago
Hmm, that would be because the escape sequences output bylsinclude code to reset the color. How aboutecho -en 'e]P0FFFFFF' 'e]PF000000'? This changes what the TTY "thinks" black and white are (the first sets black, aka colour 0 toFFFFFF, and the second sets white (colourF) to000000. From askubuntu.com/a/153493/760903
– Olorin
6 hours ago
Possible duplicate of How can I customize a full-screen console background (TTY)?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
Possible duplicate of How can I customize a full-screen console background (TTY)?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
1
1
Booting to command-line only mode, you are not using GNOME Terminal (which this method is for), but the TTY (see dupe).
– Olorin
7 hours ago
Booting to command-line only mode, you are not using GNOME Terminal (which this method is for), but the TTY (see dupe).
– Olorin
7 hours ago
On second thought, a better dupe would be Changing colour of text and background of terminal?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
On second thought, a better dupe would be Changing colour of text and background of terminal?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
@Olorin Thank you...I have already tried those links....esp the second one...the setterm works weirdly...when I set the background color to white...on keyboard enter, I get to see the white background...however if i type
ls the contents gets displayed with black background only....hence the question. The gconftool is not working nor provides any output– Apricot
7 hours ago
@Olorin Thank you...I have already tried those links....esp the second one...the setterm works weirdly...when I set the background color to white...on keyboard enter, I get to see the white background...however if i type
ls the contents gets displayed with black background only....hence the question. The gconftool is not working nor provides any output– Apricot
7 hours ago
Hmm, that would be because the escape sequences output by
ls include code to reset the color. How about echo -en 'e]P0FFFFFF' 'e]PF000000'? This changes what the TTY "thinks" black and white are (the first sets black, aka colour 0 to FFFFFF, and the second sets white (colour F) to 000000. From askubuntu.com/a/153493/760903– Olorin
6 hours ago
Hmm, that would be because the escape sequences output by
ls include code to reset the color. How about echo -en 'e]P0FFFFFF' 'e]PF000000'? This changes what the TTY "thinks" black and white are (the first sets black, aka colour 0 to FFFFFF, and the second sets white (colour F) to 000000. From askubuntu.com/a/153493/760903– Olorin
6 hours ago
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Possible duplicate of How can I customize a full-screen console background (TTY)?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
1
Booting to command-line only mode, you are not using GNOME Terminal (which this method is for), but the TTY (see dupe).
– Olorin
7 hours ago
On second thought, a better dupe would be Changing colour of text and background of terminal?
– Olorin
7 hours ago
@Olorin Thank you...I have already tried those links....esp the second one...the setterm works weirdly...when I set the background color to white...on keyboard enter, I get to see the white background...however if i type
lsthe contents gets displayed with black background only....hence the question. The gconftool is not working nor provides any output– Apricot
7 hours ago
Hmm, that would be because the escape sequences output by
lsinclude code to reset the color. How aboutecho -en 'e]P0FFFFFF' 'e]PF000000'? This changes what the TTY "thinks" black and white are (the first sets black, aka colour 0 toFFFFFF, and the second sets white (colourF) to000000. From askubuntu.com/a/153493/760903– Olorin
6 hours ago