Subject: Re: white on black console, again
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Joshua Coombs <jcoombs@gwi.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/09/2004 09:03:34
> Hello all--
>
>   I decided to tackle the black-on-white console that some
complain about.
> I poked around the source tree last night and got some mixed
success. Are the
> authors of macfb.c on this list? From what I gather, the Mac's
screen seems to
> be black on white by default, requiring that I invert it somewhere
in
> software. Is this correct?
>
>   I still have more of wscons to figure out, but if someone could
clear up
> this assumption would help me make more appropriate efforts.
>
> Changing the tiny font size seems trivial, too. Is there a
particular reason
> for the 6x10 font?
>
> Thanks!
> -Claudio

I was sucessful in changing the font, including loading an inverted
version of it, but had no luck inverting the whole screen.  In my
poking, I avoided altering macfb directly, as I didn't want to
disturb X functionality.  (IE, inverting the screen for text and as
a result inverting X was something to avoid.)

It seems the key lies in ite and it's components.

Joshua Coombs