Console terminal colors, how to change?

[wdx12]

Hello,

I have default console colors (black background etc). Is there a way to select
different colors for background, files, directory etc. Having trouble with low contrasts.

[rockedge]

Menu->Utility->Urxvt Terminal Control

[wdx12]

Thanks!

[bigpup]

OK, you want us to guess what Puppy version you are using.
We will guess it is using URXVT for the console.
So I will guess it has no menu entry.
This is how to do it from console/terminal:
viewtopic.php?f=160&t=1598

[Eastler_Dart]

I went also in troubles, with colors in urxvt.

My Solution:
rename /usr/bin/urxvt to urxvt_bin
make an new (sh-)script file named urxvt:

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#!/bin/sh
# anders die Farben nicht dauerhaft hin bekommen :-( / found no other way for permanent colors of scrollbar 

exec urxvt_bin -bg rgb:55/00/00 -fg rgb:DD/CC/AA -scrollColor '#D3A36E' -troughColor '#1DD146' -sr -fn "xft:Monospace:pixelsize=12"  "${@}"

make that script executable
now you have (permanent)

• coloured scrollbar,

• xft:font (Monospace in example) size 12

• back- and foreground-colors (brown/red/yellow in example)

• Scrollbar on right side (-sr)

(works in upup-ef, should work in many puppies using urxvt)
hope it helps