Now this is odd. The
link kindly pointed out by shep says you can change the console colours without recompiling the kernel by using the
wsconsctl(8) utility (in NetBSD). But I tried it and it doesn't work on NetBSD.
First, doing
# wsconsctl -a
doesn't show any of the required variables to exist:
Code:
type=pc-xt
bell.pitch=700
bell.period=100
bell.volume=50
bell.pitch.default=1500
bell.period.default=100
bell.volume.default=50
repeat.del1=200
repeat.deln=50
repeat.del1.default=200
repeat.deln.default=50
ledstate=0
encoding=user.metaesc
keyclick=0
scroll.mode=0
scroll.modifier=1
Then, trying some commands anyway just gives error messages.
# wsconsctl -d -w border=blue
Code:
wsconsctl: WSDISPLAYIO_SBORDER: Inappropriate ioctl for device
# wsconsctl -d -w msg.default.bg=blue
Code:
wsconsctl: WSDISPLAYIO_GMSGATTRS: Operation not supported by device
This is on amd64 with GENERIC kernel, NetBSD 5.99.64. From the link:
Quote:
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All of these details can be changed either from kernel options or through the wsconsctl(8) utility; the later may be preferable if you don't want to compile your own kernel, as the default options in GENERIC are suitable to get this tip working.
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What am I missing?
[I apologize if it was inappropriate to post this in the OpenBSD part of the forum, but these features were being discussed for both OSs.]