Public bug reported: A default Ubuntu installation runs setvtrgb to set the console (virtual terminal) palette to that specified in /etc/console-setup/vtrgb
/etc/console-setup/vtrgb is provided by the package console-setup-linux. Its contents look like this: 1,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255 1,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255 1,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255 For some reason, the (should-be-black) background colour is set to #010101, i.e. very dark grey. Is that by accident or was there some rationale for doing that? To fix it and make "black" *actually* black, edit /etc/console-setup/vtrgb, replacing the 1s at the start of each line with 0s: 0,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255 0,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255 0,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255 ** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: A default Ubuntu installation runs setvtrgb to set the console (virtual terminal) palette to that specified in /etc/console-setup/vtrgb - The contents of /etc/console-setup/vtrgb look like this: + /etc/console-setup/vtrgb is provided by the package console-setup-linux. Its contents look like this: 1,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255 1,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255 1,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255 For some reason, the (should-be-black) background colour is set to #010101, i.e. very dark grey. Is that by accident or was there some rationale for doing that? To fix it and make "black" *actually* black, edit /etc/console-setup/vtrgb, replacing the 1s at the start of each line with 0s: 0,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255 0,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255 0,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1632094 Title: Black colour in console is actually dark grey To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/1632094/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs