Re: Patches for 2.1.40

Evan Jeffrey (ejeffrey@eliot213.wuh.wustl.edu)
Wed, 28 May 1997 07:47:56 -0500

> Hello, Will!
>
>On Tue, 27 May 1997, Will French wrote:
>
>>> - colored printk messages according to message level
>> Bad idea; some colors won't show up on some black-and-white
>>VGA monitors. For example, if the monitor only reads from the
>>"green" pin, red messages won't show.
>
>If monitor reads from only one pin it is broken. And there is no problem to
>make color mixer on video output by hand.

Ummm... that would look great in the Documentation/Changes file, "prink's
are now colorized. If you have a monochrome monitor that doesn't display
them, get out a soldering iron..."

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Evan Jeffrey
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