Color boot messages?

dhave · 2007-11-18 23:21:22

How do you get those nice color boot messages such as you see in the kamikaze kernels? Thanks.

I've just compiled an rt kernel (see http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … ns=&SeB=nd), but I'd really like to get the helpful color messages at boot-time that I was getting with kamikaze. Thanks.

buttons · 2007-11-18 23:35:03

This?

dhave · 2007-11-18 23:58:14

buttons wrote:

This?

Yeah, I think that must be it. I'll try this patch and see what I get. Thanks.

dhave · 2007-11-19 18:31:02

buttons wrote:

This?

Well, I compiled an rt kernel adding in this patch, and it is some improvement over the default: kernel messages are highlighted, so they stand out from other info. However, kamikaze displays a whole slew of color combinations, apparently depending on the type of boot message.

I've written the person who maintains the kamikaze (and now zen-sources) ebuilds in AUR to see if he knows how to get this effect. I looked in the kamikaze config, and there may be some indication there, but I wasn't sure what I was looking at. When I tried what I thought was the pertinent portion of the kamikaze character device definition, it didn't do anything, so I think there's some other option that I need to enable.

If anyone knows anything about this, I'd be grateful. As fast as boot messages scroll by, it's really helpful to have them differentiated by color.

Thanks.

tomk · 2007-11-19 21:26:21

This is the one you want: http://kamikaze.waninkoko.es/patches/2. … 6.24.patch

dhave · 2007-11-20 08:12:32

tomk wrote:

This is the one you want: http://kamikaze.waninkoko.es/patches/2. … 6.24.patch

Thanks, tomk. I'm patching and recompiling right now.

dhave · 2007-11-20 10:04:49

tomk wrote:

This is the one you want: http://kamikaze.waninkoko.es/patches/2. … 6.24.patch

Yep, that did it. Thanks again. Life is better in color.

mangus · 2007-11-21 00:24:28

Any chance to see it in mainline or in arch kernel? :-)

NoOneImportant · 2007-11-21 02:45:48

Nah, I think, like with fbcondecor, the devs would just reject it for the purpose of trying to stay as vanilla (default) as possible.

Last edited by NoOneImportant (2007-11-21 02:52:10)

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#1 2007-11-18 23:21:22

Color boot messages?

#2 2007-11-18 23:35:03

Re: Color boot messages?

#3 2007-11-18 23:58:14

Re: Color boot messages?

#4 2007-11-19 18:31:02

Re: Color boot messages?

#5 2007-11-19 21:26:21

Re: Color boot messages?

#6 2007-11-20 08:12:32

Re: Color boot messages?

#7 2007-11-20 10:04:49

Re: Color boot messages?

#8 2007-11-21 00:24:28

Re: Color boot messages?

#9 2007-11-21 02:45:48

Re: Color boot messages?

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