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dvdriper

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Registered: 2009-06-22

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tty grey font after starting X

Hi, I'm new to Arch, so... I'm sorry in advance for some lame questions)

I installed gnome recently, and i really liked it!
the problem is that when I start my X server (with startx ) and the gnome DE appears, when I want to switch back to my ttyX terminals the font color is grey... deep grey... so I barelly see what's written there...
has someone had, or has such a problem... please suggest me smth...

Thanks is advance)

Last edited by dvdriper (2009-06-22 13:15:49)

Trent

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From: Baltimore, MD (US)

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 990

Re: tty grey font after starting X

Welcome!

That sounds strange to me.  Does it affect all the characters, including the ones that were formerly a different color?

One hackish thing you might try is to set your PS1 variable to turn the color to white... try typing

export PS1="$PS1\[\e[;1m\]"

in the console after you exit the X session and see if the colors change when you type a command.  (Not a permanent fix, just narrowing down the possibilities.)

dvdriper

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Registered: 2009-06-22

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Re: tty grey font after starting X

ok, i tried that and the whole text went black... like the background... so now I really don't see a thing))

and... sorry, but PS1 variable sets the prompt info, when in the console, or it's just me?
what this has to do with console font, or color pallete?

Last edited by dvdriper (2009-06-22 14:54:40)

Trent

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From: Baltimore, MD (US)

Registered: 2009-04-16

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Re: tty grey font after starting X

The \[\e[;1m\] part is just a control sequence that tells the console to switch colors.  It's not important that it be in the PS1 variable, just that it gets sent to the console -- using PS1 is just a convenient way to do that.

I'm not sure why it should be black for you.  But you could try removing the ;1 part which should turn the color back to the correct foreground color (usually light grey):

export PS1="$PS1\[\e[m\]"

dvdriper

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Registered: 2009-06-22

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Re: tty grey font after starting X

ok, thx for the exmplanation:)
it still doesn't work

is there a command like to restore the defaults of the screen settings, like on boot, maybe X messes something up..?

Last edited by dvdriper (2009-06-22 15:06:45)

Trent

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From: Baltimore, MD (US)

Registered: 2009-04-16

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Re: tty grey font after starting X

Beats me.  X shouldn't be messing with your console colors in the first place, so... maybe it's a different problem.

Does it change the color for the whole console?  Does it happen for all the consoles, or just the one you started X from?

dvdriper

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Registered: 2009-06-22

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Re: tty grey font after starting X

it's affecting all consoles... maybe it's a gnome problem, later i'll try to install KDE, or xfce and see if this problem is still present...
thx a lot )

qik

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Registered: 2009-01-11

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Re: tty grey font after starting X

I think what dvdriper was trying to say is that at every switch from VT to X and backward the text gets dimmer, until it's not visible at all.
I've had the same problem on a NetBSD box, but I thought it was related to the OS. It seems to be some bug in Xorg.
Hasn't anyone else experienced that?

Oh, and I have an ATI Radeon X300. God, how I hate this video chip.

dvdriper

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Re: tty grey font after starting X

kinda)
My card - ATI X1200