I have my Terminal color scheme set to White on Black. However, whenever I use console programs such as aptitude or minicom, the black background takes on a solarized appearance. I abhor the solarized look. The aptitude program has no color options. The minicom program has limited options, but the background color option clearly says BLACK. Yet, I still get a solarized background.
1 Answer
gnome-terminal
I am not sure if it is possible to override the colour settings of aptitude and minicom, but I suggest that you try with
- the general Settings of Ubuntu - Universal Access - High Contrast [On]
- the Preferences of Gnome Terminal - Colors - Use colors from system theme [Off]
You can also try various colour schemes, if they survive the 'attack' from your problematic programs. For example, try colour scheme 'white on black'.
xterm
If still problems, you can install and use xterm
, maybe xterm -dc
will help keep the black background. Probably you will also prefer to modify the xterm font. so the following alias may be useful
alias xterm='xterm -dc -fa default -fs 14'
This helps me.
See man xterm
for more details.
If still problems
Let me know if this does not help you - and I will delete the answer.