On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Ryan Low wrote:

> Hi all. Simple question. How can I change the
> foreground/background color of text on the terminal?

You could use a VT100 control sequence. Such as:

 echo ^[[31m  # press ctrl-V followed by Escape, then "[31m"

32 is green, 34 is blue, 33 is an ugly yellow.

> Not the kernel output, just plain ol' writing on the
> virtual terminals(a unique color for each would be
> nice). Thanks for the help!

I am not sure of the correct way to do this. The gettytab man page doesn't
mention color. But maybe you could use /etc/ttyaction to run some scripts
to set up each virtual terminal.

I am guessing there are vt100 control commands to set the bold and other
characteristics for future use.

Hope this helps (or at least gives you some ideas).

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/