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void.pointer

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Registered: 2008-07-30

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[SOLVED] HOWTO: Change Archlinux console(bash) color theme

Hi,

I did a little bit of searching on the net and the Archlinux forums but I didn't find an exact topic matching what I'm trying to do.

First off, I was wondering if there is a website somewhere that contains screenshots of various console color themes people have come up with, as well as scripts or whatever else is needed to enable those on a particular linux distro. I'm looking for a very flashy and aesthetic theme. Anything from different monospaced fonts, to the way commands are colored. The default coloring is OK, but it needs more color.

Secondly, once I find a theme I like, is there a specific way to apply it? One frustrating thing I've found is that PuTTY determines what the colors look like, and I can't figure out how to make it use the true colors intended by Archlinux.

Help is appreciated! Thank you.

Last edited by void.pointer (2008-09-03 19:45:48)

haxit

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Re: [SOLVED] HOWTO: Change Archlinux console(bash) color theme

Are you using xterm, if so:

xterm -background "Black" -forground "Red"

Also you can edit colors for your PS1.

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void.pointer

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From: Dallas, TX

Registered: 2008-07-30

Posts: 239

Re: [SOLVED] HOWTO: Change Archlinux console(bash) color theme

Are you using xterm, if so:

xterm -background "Black" -forground "Red"

Also you can edit colors for your PS1.

I do a 'which xterm' and it says it cannot be found. What does the xterm command you specified above do exactly? How do I get xterm?

Also, what is PS1?

tigrmesh

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Registered: 2007-12-11

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Re: [SOLVED] HOWTO: Change Archlinux console(bash) color theme

PS1 is your bash prompt.  xterm gets installed when you install the xorg group; if you haven't set up a GUI, you wouldn't have it.  You may find the following useful:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pos … nd_Console (the rest of that page is good too)
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50845
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50885
http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/howtos/Bas … .html#toc1(11 pages of bash prompt how-to - no screenshots, though)

void.pointer

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From: Dallas, TX

Registered: 2008-07-30

Posts: 239

Re: [SOLVED] HOWTO: Change Archlinux console(bash) color theme

Thanks guys, this was extremely helpful. Now I have a pretty green name

Marked as solved!