Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:22:03 -0500 From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> To: "Dr. Rolf Jansen" <rj@obsigna.com> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Serial console of 12.0-ALPHA3 fiddles with the terminal colors Message-ID: <CACNAnaH3Lr8L=gbUvXQOQhOZHNxM5T%2BdXZ7Ai01Tb0gMz4JHKg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3C3F2C68-81C2-40F0-8DA0-95D1C55C9938@obsigna.com> References: <3C3F2C68-81C2-40F0-8DA0-95D1C55C9938@obsigna.com>
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On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 6:09 PM Dr. Rolf Jansen <rj@obsigna.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I updated my BeagleBone Black to 12.0-ALPHA3, and now, when booting, the = serial console behaves differently (I use cu from a Mac Terminal via a FDTI= /USB adapter). > > When it comes to "Loading kernel...", the terminal color is inverted, ins= tead of maintaining the usual black on white, all over the sudden everythin= g is displayed in white on black. And more seriously, the logging before lo= ading the kernel, is deleted, which means I cannot see the diagnostics of t= he u-boot loader. > > Is there any setting, to prevent the serial console manipulates color and= content of a terminal session? > Hi, You want loader_color in your loader.conf(5), which should (hopefully) disable all color while still being usable. We force the color scheme to white on black if colors are displayed because we can't necessarily sample or Q/A our color choice on all possible configurations. I'll double check on the screen clearing... I don't recall adding any extra clears except for password prompts and (re-)drawing the menu. Thanks, Kyle Evans
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