From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 08:27:23 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80B2E8E6 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:27:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x236.google.com (mail-wg0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0EAC8A7A for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:27:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f54.google.com with SMTP id l2so16754784wgh.41 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:27:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=k9/LfBu0HZ29UwaO5luMebGsaw9NYE7JbTKG8mZuGII=; b=RbT7DVW248V8iu4cMrVBFoYImVPPY76Zm0HQYEHbXAseSkvCSeESgpp911dby3OyC4 v/lDXrziym4tta0g0GOJGXPZxG2TzgdpAGv4yFBX6fhZpQq2Tk+b6h4xPQs2mw5/LH3N AOrWMno5tbUyWOKGokLsjne/sI1CqumIG7yDcP4qUDTvCd1JiqHOSelAoSBljhXDKhaO xV9prSX6fZ0x47X+LPTEYj2L4+PtDr/cPv6bKN2OEanlZrHjOUrfW0EKT2JdpA0SpiVp jmuqFgyUGlQ52s2ZrnGy/hevkJhWqlhIifN0pft7xhCe/ah/0NJskk97Qaa8wbG5x+dM Wixw== X-Received: by 10.180.76.144 with SMTP id k16mr2555672wiw.3.1418718440119; Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:27:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from kontrol.kode5.net (host86-153-214-89.range86-153.btcentralplus.com. [86.153.214.89]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id bj7sm172460wjc.33.2014.12.16.00.27.19 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:27:19 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:27:12 +0000 (GMT) From: griffin8j@gmail.com To: Luca Ferrari Subject: Re: booting in blue In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:27:23 -0000 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