This article is from the Frequently Asked Questions for Linux, the Free/Open Source UNIX-like operating system kernel that runs on many modern computer systems. Maintained by David C. Merrill with numerous contributions by others. (v1.0).
A: The following shell script should work for VGA consoles:
for n in 1 2 4 5 6 7 8; do setterm -fore yellow -bold on -back blue -store > /dev/tty$n done
Substitute your favorite colors, and use /dev/ttyS$n for serial terminals.
To make sure they are reset when people log out (if they've been changed):
Replace the references to getty (or mingetty or uugetty or whatever) in /etc/ inittab with references to /sbin/mygetty. #!/bin/sh setterm -fore yellow -bold on -back blue -store > $1 exec /sbin/mingetty $@
[Jim Dennis]
 
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