Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:27:12 +0000 (GMT) From: griffin8j@gmail.com To: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: booting in blue Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412160818460.2877@kontrol.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <CAKoxK%2B7PN34bDgiX0EFf4akUsNTbkV3HK5%2BQ%2B0su_J0CKiLy4w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKoxK%2B7PN34bDgiX0EFf4akUsNTbkV3HK5%2BQ%2B0su_J0CKiLy4w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2014, Luca Ferrari wrote: > Hi all, > I just installed a fresh 10.1-release and noted that the "Booting..." > message is now on a blue background. Apparently this has been reported > as a bug: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182145 > I was instead wondering if FreeBSD has applied the same schema used by > OpenBSD: the kernel messages have a different background. This helps a > lot understanding what is going on in the console, and is in my > opinion, a better way than using a bold white for the kernel messages. > Now the question is: is there a configuration tunable for turning on > blue all the kernel messages as the initial booting message? > I mean something simpler than having to tune options and recompile the > kernel (https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/boot-and-kernel-message-background-and-color.33196/). > > Thanks, > Luca Yes you can keep these settings. You can use the vidcontrol utility or compile the kernel again using the knobs described in vt(4) man page. I have just done this to get yellow text on a black background. I tried the grey on blue too but the background blue is not the same in graphics mode, it sets a boldened blue appearing much lighter so I changed it. You achieve the same using sc(4) but you won't get the smaller text and you won't get utf-8 characters. Jamie Griffin
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