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---
title: Colourful boot messages
layout: default
created: 2008-08-06 00:18:47 +0200
updated: 2009-03-31 11:16:03 +0200
toc: false
tags:
- know-how
- software
- linux
- software
- bootup
- colours
---
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:
![]({{ site.url }}/assets/colorboot.png)