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I want to experiment with a fully text-based environment, however, the only thing that is stopping me - is getting 256 colors so my Vim color schemes could work perfectly.

When I enter a TTY by pressing CTRL+ALT+number, and execute tput colors, I always get just 8.

So, in order to get a usable text-only environment, I'd need to have the following questions answered:

  1. How can I configure the TTY to support at least 256 colors? (more if possible)
  2. How can I set the font, both family and size?
  3. How can I change the color scheme of the TTY, as I can in GNOME Terminal?

Any other tips on using such an environment appreciated.

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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  • The noted answer makes not mention of how to configure 256 colors, or FBTerm (Frame Buffer Terminal) and TERM="fbterm" in one of the console startup scritps (eg /etc/profile) – Paul Wratt Mar 27 '20 at 13:58
  • I use the FBTerm technique in a login shell only on VT2, you just need to remember it uses decimal values, NOT hex-decimal, when setting color values, as described here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/316878/solarized-colorscheme-in-fbterm/388587#388587 – Paul Wratt Mar 27 '20 at 14:06

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