** Description changed:
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.
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Order of uploads:
1) kbd -- establish the setvtrgb utility, get it in the builds, is able to
set the original vga colors, but requires a text file input palette
2) Wait for Marcus/Ivanka to supply a suitable color palette
3)
a) console-setup -- add the conffile for the color palette, and the
upstart job that calls setvtrgb it at boot
b) rootskel -- call setvtrgb at install boot
c) bogl -- fix the hardcoded color palette used by d
4)
a) newt -- change the default newt palette to use magenta where we
previously used blue
b) cdebconf -- change the default palette to use magenta where we
previously used blue
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Eventually (11.10?) we should try to apply the Ubuntu fonts to the
- console as well...
+ console as well. Steps 12–14 are blocked waiting for the Ubuntu
+ Monospace to be released and available in the archive.
- 11) gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Proportional) - *
+ 11) gfxboot-theme-ubuntu (Proportional) - bug #732854
12) Bterm (d-i) (Monospace) -
13) Grub2 (Monospace) - bug #729470
14) Console-setup (Monospace) - bug #724022
-
- * Step (11) Makefile rule "make font" uses /usr/bin/mkblfont, which
- according to packages.ubuntu.com was last shipped as part of 'gfxboot'
- in Lucid.
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Title:
Feature Request: Improve Console Colors
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