Configure virtual console colors
The colors in the Linux virtual console running on the framebuffer can be changed. This is done by writing the escape code \\e]PXRRGGBB
where X
is the hexadecimal index of the color from 0-F, and RRGGBB
is a traditional hexadecimal RGB code.
Reusing ~/.Xdefaults settings
To reuse the color configuration from ~/.Xdefaults, add the following snippet to the shell init script (.bashrc
/.zshrc
/...).
if [ "$TERM" = "linux" ]; then _SEDCMD='s/.*\*color\([0-9]\{1,\}\).*#\([0-9a-fA-F]\{6\}\).*/\1 \2/p' for i in $(sed -n "$_SEDCMD" $HOME/.Xdefaults | \ awk '$1 < 16 {printf "\\e]P%X%s", $1, $2}'); do echo -en "$i" done clear fi
Virtual Console Login Screen
Changing the default Virtual Console Login screen.
Take a backup of your original /etc/issue
like mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.bak
.
Make a new file called issue
in your /etc/
folder and input the following below.
echo -e '\e[H\e[2J' > issue echo -e ' \e[1;30m| \e[34m\\s \\r' >> issue echo -e ' \e[36;1m/\\\\ \e[37m|| \e[36m| | \e[30m|' >> issue echo -e ' \e[36m/ \\\\ \e[37m|| \e[36m| _ \e[30m| \e[32m\\t' >> issue echo -e ' \e[1;36m/ \e[0;36m.. \e[1m\\\\ \e[37m//==\\\\\\\\ ||/= /==\\\\ ||/=\\\\ \e[36m| | |/ \\\\ | | \\\\ / \e[30m| \e[32m\\d' >> issue echo -e ' \e[0;36m/ . . \\\\ \e[37m|| || || | || || \e[36m| | | | | | X \e[1;30m|' >> issue echo -e ' \e[0;36m/ . . \\\\ \e[37m\\\\\\\\==/| || \\\\==/ || || \e[36m| | | | \\\\_/| / \\\\ \e[1;30m| \e[31m\\U' >> issue echo -e ' \e[0;36m/ .. .. \\\\ \e[0;37mA simple, lightweight linux distribution. \e[1;30m|' >> issue echo -e ' \e[0;36m/_\x27 `_\\\\ \e[1;30m| \e[35m\\l \e[0mon \e[1;33m\\n' >> issue echo -e ' \e[0m' >> issue echo -e >> issue
Save the file, then chmod +x issue
and your done.
To restore your original issue
just run the following: mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.old && mv /etc/issue.bak /etc/issue
.
Credits & Original thread can be found here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=386429#p386429