[Bug 1632094] [NEW] Black colour in console is actually dark grey

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Public bug reported:

A default Ubuntu installation runs setvtrgb to set the console (virtual
terminal) palette to that specified in /etc/console-setup/vtrgb

/etc/console-setup/vtrgb is provided by the package console-setup-linux. Its contents look like this:
1,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255
1,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255
1,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255

For some reason, the (should-be-black) background colour is set to
#010101, i.e. very dark grey. Is that by accident or was there some
rationale for doing that?

To fix it and make "black" *actually* black, edit /etc/console-setup/vtrgb, replacing the 1s at the start of each line with 0s:
0,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255
0,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255
0,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255

** Affects: console-setup (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  A default Ubuntu installation runs setvtrgb to set the console (virtual
  terminal) palette to that specified in /etc/console-setup/vtrgb
  
- The contents of /etc/console-setup/vtrgb look like this:
+ /etc/console-setup/vtrgb is provided by the package console-setup-linux. Its contents look like this:
  1,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255
  1,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255
  1,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255
  
  For some reason, the (should-be-black) background colour is set to
  #010101, i.e. very dark grey. Is that by accident or was there some
  rationale for doing that?
  
  To fix it and make "black" *actually* black, edit /etc/console-setup/vtrgb, replacing the 1s at the start of each line with 0s:
  0,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255
  0,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255
  0,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255

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Title:
  Black colour in console is actually dark grey

Status in console-setup package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A default Ubuntu installation runs setvtrgb to set the console
  (virtual terminal) palette to that specified in /etc/console-
  setup/vtrgb

  /etc/console-setup/vtrgb is provided by the package console-setup-linux. Its contents look like this:
  1,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255
  1,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255
  1,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255

  For some reason, the (should-be-black) background colour is set to
  #010101, i.e. very dark grey. Is that by accident or was there some
  rationale for doing that?

  To fix it and make "black" *actually* black, edit /etc/console-setup/vtrgb, replacing the 1s at the start of each line with 0s:
  0,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255
  0,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255
  0,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255

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