Sung N. Cho wrote:
 >
 > How do I change the default wscons color?  To change it, I am doing 
in kernel config the following:
 >
 > options     WS_KERNEL_FG=WSCOL_BLACK
 > options     WS_KERNEL_BG=WSCOL_WHITE
 >
 > But this only seem to change the message lines.  What I was intending 
to do was to change the whole screen background and foreground.  For 
example, make the whole screen background WHITE and every messages in BLACK.


I had this same desire a while back. The solution for me was to simply 
add a series of if|elseif/thens and the appropriate ASCII escapes* to my 
~/cshrc file. Below is an exerpt:

# This sets screen-specific colors based on tty

     set scrn = (`/usr/bin/tty | /usr/bin/tail -c 2`)
     if ( $scrn !~ [0-7] ) then
         exit ; echo "There's a problem with tty - fix it!"
     else if ( $scrn == 0 ) then
         set prompt = "$USER@${mch:q}: {\!} "
     else if ( $scrn == 1 ) then
         set prompt = "$USER@${mch:q}: {\!} "
     else if ( $scrn == 2 ) then
         set prompt = "$USER@${mch:q}: {\!} "
     else if ( $scrn == 3 ) then
         set prompt = "$USER@${mch:q}: {\!} "
     endif

     #end of colors script

* many thanks to the kind soul who sent me a "color chart" of ASCII 
escapes way back when!

Notes:
- The "" was made in vi with ^V ^[
- You really shouldn't use 'tail -c 2'. Use awk instead.
- IIRC, "37" = white, "32"=green, "33"=red, "36"=cyan, "40"=black

HTH,
Beaker