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Date:      Thu, 20 Feb 2025 04:08:25 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 284915] Boot Environment submenu unreadable
Message-ID:  <bug-284915-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D284915

            Bug ID: 284915
           Summary: Boot Environment submenu unreadable
           Product: Base System
           Version: 13.4-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: kern
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: spork@bway.net

Created attachment 257680
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boot environment selection menu

Here's a simple one for someone!

When you interrupt the boot process and select option 8 ("Boot Environement=
s")
from the boot loader menu, you enter a submenu that allows you to select pr=
ior
boot environments (option 2).

The active BE is shown in green. When you press "2" to cycle through all
available BEs, the non-active BEs are shown in a dark blue (see attached
screenshot). I've yet to find an environment where I can read this dark blu=
e on
black text.

It would be nice to see this changed to a more readable color - basically
anything light that would not blend into the background.

As to why this is important, I suspect that when you really *need* to rever=
t to
an older BE, you're likely in a bit of trouble - something, perhaps in
production, is not booting or having some type of issue. It's imperative th=
at a
flustered sysadmin is able to see what's on screen without having to google=
 how
to turn color off - time is of the essence and interrupting the troubleshoo=
ting
flow with having to research why the menu is unreadable is not optimal.

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