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    • olivierlambertO
      olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder🦸 CEO 🧑‍💼
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      Less yellowish terminal to use less different colors and keeping the variations in the logo:

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      • olivierlambertO
        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder🦸 CEO 🧑‍💼
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        @akurzawa maybe try setterm -blank 0 -powerdown 0 but I have no idea if it will work.

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          snowstruk @olivierlambert
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          @olivierlambert I like this one the best so far. I like how there is a lot less red, but still some there.

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          • bnrstnrB
            bnrstnr
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            I can't believe this is even a thing. How much time are people spending on this screen?! lol

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            • olivierlambertO
              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder🦸 CEO 🧑‍💼
              last edited by

              @snowstruk I think it's the best balance between making a "brand" on XCP-ng and usability.

              But as @bnrstnr suggest, yeah I'm still surprised there is so much debate on it for something nobody use a lot (I mean, who's really using this UI to do operations outside reboot or read IP address?)

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                snowstruk @olivierlambert
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                @olivierlambert It just shows that people are passionate about this project.

                In the end you cannot make everyone happy, but since you are seeking feedback I will provide my 2 cents.

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                • olivierlambertO
                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder🦸 CEO 🧑‍💼
                  last edited by

                  Indeed 🙂 And the feedback reduced the amount of "red", for the best I suppose. Constructive criticism is always good 🙂

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                  • borzelB
                    borzel XCP-ng Center Team 🏚️
                    last edited by

                    I like the last result!

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                    • MajorTomM
                      MajorTom @olivierlambert
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                      @olivierlambert said in New XCP-ng "theme" in shell:

                      (I mean, who's really using this UI to do operations outside reboot or read IP address?)

                      Me is.

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                      • olivierlambertO
                        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder🦸 CEO 🧑‍💼
                        last edited by

                        Feel free to explain your use cases, I'm interested 🙂

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                        • stormiS
                          stormi Vates 🪐 XCP-ng Team 🚀
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                          Users of the 8.0.0 beta can now update and will get the new prompt and new console.

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                          • MajorTomM
                            MajorTom @olivierlambert
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                            @olivierlambert said in New XCP-ng "theme" in shell:

                            Feel free to explain your use cases, I'm interested 🙂

                            To observe Host Performance Information, VMs' performance info, stop and start VMs, especially before and after a host reboot.

                            Especially being in the server room. There I use a physical console with a keyboard/video switch, not a workstation with a browser. Also, while working in a server room I don't seat near the display all the time and I must have a look from a side or from a larger distance.

                            Besides, it's usually faster for me to ssh somewhere than to make a series of tunnels to access the destination with a browser or XCP-ng Center. So also when ssh-ing, xsconsole is handy.

                            Having a legible xsconsole is important for me.

                            Especially on some new host, on which xsconsole use only a small fraction of the physical display and the characters are very small.

                            Do you know how I can configure Dom0 to have normal tty with 24 rows and 80 columns, so that xsconsole occupy all the physical display?

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                            • olivierlambertO
                              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder🦸 CEO 🧑‍💼
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                              OK, but why not using xe CLI? I mean, it's faster and you can get exactly what you need without moving the cursor in ncurse info?

                              Regarding the size, feel free to take a look at the source, it's written in Python 🙂 https://github.com/xenserver/xsconsole

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                              • MajorTomM
                                MajorTom @olivierlambert
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                                @olivierlambert said in New XCP-ng "theme" in shell:

                                OK, but why not using xe CLI?

                                Sometimes I use xe, sometimes XCP-ng Center, sometimes xsconsole.

                                I mean, it's faster and you can get exactly what you need without moving the cursor in ncurse info?

                                Typing tens of characters is not faster than pressing a few keys (like arrow, arrow, enter).
                                Especially standing at a not familiar keyboard in a server room.

                                Regarding the size, feel free to take a look at the source, it's written in Python 🙂 https://github.com/xenserver/xsconsole

                                This question is not only pertaining xsconsole.

                                I tried various things, but the most what I achieved was during the boot phase. After this, the CLI resolution reverts to very small characters again 😞

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                                  peder
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                                  Unless it's an environmental decision to make the xsconsole as dim and washed out as possible, to save power, my humble suggestion would be to multiply the fgBright values by 1.249 to get 999,431,372, if my math is correct, and set fgNormal to something like 930,930,930

                                  fgDark could either remain at its current values or be set to fbBright

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                                  • olivierlambertO
                                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder🦸 CEO 🧑‍💼
                                    last edited by

                                    Feel free to try on your install and use screenshot to show the diff 🙂

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                                      peder
                                      last edited by

                                      I did do it on my install, that's why I'm suggesting it.
                                      The default values made me thing I had a semi-transparent film all over my display.

                                      My install is on a physical machine (a laptop) so I don't know how I'd take a proper screenshot.
                                      I don't think a phone photo would show the difference.

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                                      • apayneA
                                        apayne @olivierlambert
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                                        @olivierlambert I think this is probably the most sensible of the schemas so far.
                                        The dark background reduces glare, text is high-contrast, and the red actually draws the eye as a highlight or accent color. Looks sharp!

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                                        • AddeA
                                          Adde @olivierlambert
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                                          @olivierlambert
                                          This one look the best 🙂

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                                          • olivierlambertO
                                            olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder🦸 CEO 🧑‍💼
                                            last edited by olivierlambert

                                            Thanks for your input!

                                            I think it might be the one then 🙂 Also, if there is a big problem with it, we can always update the package!

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