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| 2008-08-06 00:18:47 +0200 | redirect | default | https://blog.mbirth.de/archives/2008/08/06/colourful-boot-messages.html |
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Colourful boot messages | false | 2009-03-31 11:16:03 +0200 |
The functions used for the status messages upon boot are defined in /lib/lsb/init-functions and may be overwritten
in /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh.
To add colours, in that init-functions file find the function log_use_fancy_output() and below the fi add the lines
{% highlight bash %} … else FANCYTTY=0 fi
BEGIN --- colour definition
if [ -n "$TERM" ]; then
NORMAL=$TPUT sgr0
BOLD=$TPUT bold
BLINK=$TPUT blink
BLACK=$TPUT setaf 0
RED=$TPUT setaf 1
GREEN=$TPUT setaf 2
YELLOW=$TPUT setaf 3
BLUE=$TPUT setaf 4
MAGENTA=$TPUT setaf 5
CYAN=$TPUT setaf 6
WHITE=$TPUT setaf 7
fi
END --- colour definition
case "$FANCYTTY" in 1|Y|yes|true) true;; … {% endhighlight %}
After that, edit the lsb-base-logging.sh and change e.g. the output of log_end_msg():
{% highlight bash %} … if [ "$COL" ] && [ -x "$TPUT" ]; then printf "\r" $TPUT hpa $COL if [ "$1" -eq 0 ]; then echo "${BOLD}${BLUE}[${GREEN} OK ${BLUE}]${NORMAL}" else echo "${BOLD}${BLUE}[${RED}fail${BLUE}]${NORMAL}" fi else … {% endhighlight %}
Your next boot will look like this:
