Have the Linux kernel set a new VGA palette for the first 16 colors. The new values reduce the saturation (white component) and therefore increase contrast.
Already posted once: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/15/149 Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> vt.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.21-rc5/drivers/char/vt.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc5.orig/drivers/char/vt.c +++ linux-2.6.21-rc5/drivers/char/vt.c @@ -927,12 +927,12 @@ unsigned char color_table[] = { 0, 4, 2, 8,12,10,14, 9,13,11,15 }; /* the default colour table, for VGA+ colour systems */ -int default_red[] = {0x00,0xaa,0x00,0xaa,0x00,0xaa,0x00,0xaa, - 0x55,0xff,0x55,0xff,0x55,0xff,0x55,0xff}; -int default_grn[] = {0x00,0x00,0xaa,0x55,0x00,0x00,0xaa,0xaa, - 0x55,0x55,0xff,0xff,0x55,0x55,0xff,0xff}; -int default_blu[] = {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0xaa,0xaa,0xaa,0xaa, - 0x55,0x55,0x55,0x55,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff}; +int default_red[] = +{0x00,0xaa,0x00,0xaa,0x00,0xaa,0x00,0xaa,0x55,0xff,0x00,0xff,0x00,0xff,0x00,0xff}; +int default_grn[] = +{0x00,0x00,0xaa,0x55,0x00,0x00,0xaa,0xaa,0x55,0x00,0xff,0xff,0x00,0x00,0xff,0xff}; +int default_blu[] = +{0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x90,0xaa,0xaa,0xaa,0x55,0x00,0x00,0x00,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff}; module_param_array(default_red, int, NULL, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); module_param_array(default_grn, int, NULL, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); #<EOF> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
