Re: Colored kernel messages on serial console
Timo Buhrmester <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:51:44 +0200
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> First you dismissively summarize Brett's reply made in good faith Said reply was To: Mouse, by the way. And what I did summarize, was the part about what they do on Linux machines plus everything that was seemingly written with the idea in mind, that anybody would be pushing for colors to be on by default. That makes it valid to dismiss IMHO. > as "long color rant that I'm all too used to". ...which was a tongue-in-cheek stab at Edgar, FYI. Not that you could've known, but you getting offended on his behalf is pointless. If that annoyed him, he will tell me. > (As an aside, I can relate to [...] I'm 100% sure if there will never ever be colors on a NetBSD serial console (which won't be my doing), it will be off by default. Colorblind and -adjacent people will simply decide to not turn that on. > Then you misinterpret my reply that was honestly meant as an > encouragement (b/c obviosly most people in this thread (and Thor's > DECwriter) were not very enthusiastic about more colors in console). > I'm sorry I failed to make myself clear enough. You obviously neither > need, nor want my encouragement (or anyone's approval) and I apologize > for presuming otherwise. I'm sorry if I misunderstood but even after reading it again, I can't see the encouragement (other than an encouragement to bugger tf off), with a mild touch of "you're only seeking validation". But I'm happy to assume it was a mistake on the receiving end, i.e. me.