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Date:      Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:57:42 +0100
From:      Andreas Xanke <andreas.xanke@edvax.de>
To:        patrick.van.ratingen@web.de
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Changing default colors of syscons / kernel messages
Message-ID:  <20081123195742.dd6e0d0c.andreas.xanke@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <932463700@web.de>
References:  <932463700@web.de>

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On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:42:03 +0100, patrick.van.ratingen@web.de wrote:
> hey again ...
> ive asked, if somebody could help me with making the bootmanager,
> the kernel.-booting and shutdown-process green/black colored
>  (like netbsd) ive get no answer yet, i hope, you can still help me ...

It isn't the answer to your question, but: 1. Try do use a
subject that is in relationship to your question. 2. Try
to wrap your lines at approx. column 70, this makes correct
quoting easier. I was free to correct them both. :-)=09

Now regarding your question: It is possible to change the
color attributes for the kernel messages which FreeBSD
usually displays white on black, and OpenBSD grey on
blue. As far as I remember - I tried it once -, there are
makeoptions in the kernel configuration file to be set.
See the handbook section about how to build a custom
kernel for the correct procedures.

The correct settings are mentioned in /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES,
lines 1339 cont. (1343 cont):

	# The following options will let you change the default colors of syscons.
	options         SC_NORM_ATTR=3D(FG_GREEN|BG_BLACK)
	options         SC_NORM_REV_ATTR=3D(FG_YELLOW|BG_GREEN)
	options         SC_KERNEL_CONS_ATTR=3D(FG_RED|BG_BLACK)
	options         SC_KERNEL_CONS_REV_ATTR=3D(FG_BLACK|BG_RED)

But I'm not sure you can change the settings for the boot
manager itself in an easy way. Maybe a modification of the boot
loader's source code makes it possible...




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