[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: console mode colors

Ed Coates edcoates at nighthawk.dyndns.org
Sat Sep 11 11:36:00 CDT 2004


Quoting Terry Henderson <trryhend at gmail.com>:

> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:10:31 -0500, Terry Henderson <trryhend at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > How does one change console mode colors, or turn off colors?
> >
> Just need to temporarily change console colors till I replace monitor
> which no longer displays blue.  In console mode, blue is just black
> and so it's not visible, and so if I could trade blue for green or,
> well I don't know, just want to be able to see all some how, even if I
> have to do away with colors all together.  At any rate, just a
> temporary workaround.
> (Using lynx: all l inks other than selected ones are invisible)
> (ls shows files but not directories)
>
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Terry,

Edit /etc/DIR_COLORS and change it there.  Then log out, and then back in.

Ed

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