Re: Changing kernel message colour when using vt(4)

This issue is because of some changes in the loader that have not been
added to the documentation.
Please read my bug report:

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261311

On 4/19/22, Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> wrote:
> After rebasing ElectroBSD from stable/12 to stable/13
> kernel messages no longer appear green in the console.
>
> Reading UPDATING I've come to the conclusion
> that this is due to the change from sc to vt.
>
> Green kernel messages used to be enabled with the line:
>
> options		SC_KERNEL_CONS_ATTR=(FG_GREEN|BG_BLACK)
>
> in the kernel configuration.
>
> According to vt(4) the kernel message colour is now
> supposed to be controlled with a line like:
>
> options		TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR=(FG_LIGHTRED|BG_BLACK)
>
> After adding the line I still get white kernel messages,
> though.
>
> I also tried changing TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR in sys/sys/terminal.h:
>
> --- a/sys/sys/terminal.h
> +++ b/sys/sys/terminal.h
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ typedef teken_color_t term_color_t;
>  #ifdef SC_KERNEL_CONS_ATTR
>  #define    TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR  SC_KERNEL_CONS_ATTR
>  #else
> -#define    TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR  (FG_WHITE | BG_BLACK)
> +#define    TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR  (FG_GREEN | BG_BLACK)
>  #endif
>  #endif
>
> but this doesn't seem to have a noticeable affect either.
>
> Has anyone already figured out how to change the kernel
> message colour on stable/13 when using vt(4)?
>
> Fabian
>