Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] How many colors?

[Antonino A. D. <ad...@gm...>]

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 19:47 -0400, gavron wrote:
> I was wondering if there was any way I could get 256 colors - or more ..
> when running ncurses applications on a linux console with the frame
> buffer enabled.  There are a few applications that greatly benefit from
> this enhancement such as mutt, vim, ELinks .. and I was wondering if
> this is possible when not running in an xterm under xorg. 

No it's not possible under the linux console.  The linux console
supports 16-colors only and changing this to support 256-colors will
entail a massive rewrite of the console code.

Even a 32bpp framebuffer is stuck with a 16-color console.

> 
> Maybe I need to run a terminal emulator that supports more than 16
> colors rather than the standard linux console?
> 

Yes, you will basically need a new terminal emulator, one that basically
re-implements the kernel console code.

Tony