On 7/25/07, Sean Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello 'alpha' / 'misc' > > Alpha console color question. > > I got a DS20E 833 uniprocessor Alpha with onboard PCI VGA > ( vga0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "3D Labs Oxygen GVX1" rev 0x01 ) > > Running 4.1-GENERIC and have seen this since oBSD 3.8 when I began running > oBSD on the unit. > (nearly 2 years ago, wow!) > > OK my question is: > > Is there any one else running OpenBSD on an alpha in VGA console mode with > wscons, > and have when in multi-user mode, the console running with a blue > background? > The Blue background is present in all wscons displays. > > From MacPPC, and i386, Kernel Messages show up with Blue Background > highlighting, and the background is black with nominal grey test. > But on alpha, the background is always Blue, and may be triggered to black > when running some utilities like vi. > > However even with the black background, the blue returns. and other > highlights (bold text) do not appear. > > I would like to know in what direction I can look for the background color > settings when wscons sets up the displays. There may be an update for the > color palette that can be tested. > > Any pointers would help. >
This is a known bug in wscons on alpha with VGA cards that has not been identified yet.
