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I want to remove the GUI from Raspbian and then customize it:

  • White background or background image
  • Image in down-right corner
  • Change font size/font/font color
  • Center align text

Is that possible? And how could I do this?

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  • For the image, you could just write the raw bitmap data strait to the framebuffer. Could you describe what you need it for. As to me it looks like you are trying to build a digital signage application. My guess is that there are better solutions for this, than styling the console. – Gerben Jun 09 '13 at 09:25
  • @Gerben How can I do that? (writing raw bitmap data to framebuffer) – jobukkit Jun 09 '13 at 09:27
  • Convert the bitmap to raw RGB data. Then write it to /dev/fb0. I added the image to the top, and over the entire length, so I could just do cat 720x80-banner.raw > /dev/fb0. Since you want it at the bottom, you'd have to write from a certain offset in the framebuffer. If you only want the right, you'd have to write line, by line to the fb. – Gerben Jun 09 '13 at 09:32
  • @Gerben I'm sort of a noob, sorry. How do I write an offset in the framebuffer? – jobukkit Jun 09 '13 at 09:37
  • I'm a noob my self. But I think you can use dd for that. Something like dd if=/home/pi/banner.raw skip=$offset count=$datalength of=/dev/fb0. PS here is the html5 webpage I made to generate raw bitmap data files: http://gerben.algemeenbekend.nl/tmp/canvas-raw.html – Gerben Jun 09 '13 at 09:46
  • You can answer your own question for other people to use. – Piotr Kula Aug 23 '13 at 16:20
  • @ppumkin I haven't found an answer, I just have changed my mind and don't want it anymore. – jobukkit Aug 24 '13 at 11:42

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You may have a partial success with setterm:

Usage:
 setterm [options]

Options:
 -term <terminal_name>
 -reset
 -initialize
 -cursor <on|off>
 -repeat <on|off>
 -appcursorkeys <on|off>
 -linewrap <on|off>
 -default
 -foreground <black|blue|green|cyan|red|magenta|yellow|white|default>
 -background <black|blue|green|cyan|red|magenta|yellow|white|default>
 -ulcolor <black|grey|blue|green|cyan|red|magenta|yellow|white>
 -ulcolor <bright blue|green|cyan|red|magenta|yellow|white>
 -hbcolor <black|grey|blue|green|cyan|red|magenta|yellow|white>
 -hbcolor <bright blue|green|cyan|red|magenta|yellow|white>
 -inversescreen <on|off>
 -bold <on|off>
 -half-bright <on|off>
 -blink <on|off>
 -reverse <on|off>
 -underline <on|off>
 -store >
 -clear <all|rest>
 -tabs < tab1 tab2 tab3 ... >      (tabn = 1-160)
 -clrtabs < tab1 tab2 tab3 ... >   (tabn = 1-160)
 -regtabs <1-160>
 -blank <0-60|force|poke>
 -dump   <1-NR_CONSOLES>
 -append <1-NR_CONSOLES>
 -file dumpfilename
 -msg <on|off>
 -msglevel <0-8>
 -powersave <on|vsync|hsync|powerdown|off>
 -powerdown <0-60>
 -blength <0-2000>
 -bfreq freqnumber
 -version
 -help

And the font changes can be accomplished with:

setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/Greek-Fixed16.psf

however I still don't understand what did you mean by "center text".

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