> On Oct 6 2007 15:53, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>> Colored kernel message output
>>>
>>> Let's work more on Linux's cuteness! [http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/4/431]
>>> The following patch makes it possible to give kernel messages a
>>> selectable color which helps to distinguish it from other noise,
>>> such as boot messages. NetBSD has it, OpenBSD has it, FreeBSD to some
>>> extent, so I think Linux should too.
>>>
>>> Inspired by cko (
http://freshmeat.net/p/cko/), but independently
>>> written, later contributed forth and back.
>>>
>> I like it, although having a boot option would be nice (I have a friend with
>> color perception issues).
>
> sysfs attributes can be set at boot time (and not only that).
> Here, try the "davej's salad" configuration :-)
>
> vt.default_red=0,192,128,170,0,170
> vt.default_grn=0,0,170,128,64,0
> vt.default_blu=0,0,0,0,128,128
> vt.printk_color=1,1,1,1,5,3,2
>
>> I start my root xterm in white on blue for identification, so color coding
>> sounds like a great idea to me.
>
> This has nothing to do with xterms, this is "VGA color console" only.
> xterm config is in /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color.
