id = 1730
title = "Virtual console in GTK input uses wrong color for dark gray"
state = "opened"
created_at = "2023-06-25T11:31:32.562Z"
closed_at = "n/a"
labels = []
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1730"
host-os = "Linux, OVMF"
host-arch = "n/a"
qemu-version = "8.0.2"
guest-os = "n/a"
guest-arch = "n/a"
description = """The virtual console in the GTK window uses black to draw dark gray text. This becomes unintelligible if drawing on black background."""
reproduce = """1. Boot any distro to shell prompt with `-serial vc`.
2. Switch to serial console in QEMU GTK window (Ctrl+Alt+3).
4. Run `echo -e "\\e[1;30mDark Greay\\e[m"`.
5. Output is black on black.

or

1. `qemu-system-x86_64 -bios /usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF.fd`
2. Enter EFI internal shell
3. `cls 0 8`
4. Run `help cls` and observe correct colors in VGA window.
5. Switch to serial console and observe black on black colors."""
additional = "n/a"