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Javier Martinez C.

It seems that a blue DRM panic triggered some people, so here is a “Black Screen Of Death” on a display!

@javierm 1) You can easily change the colors,
2) There's still some space at the top for a wide icon.

@geert yes, the color comment was meant to be a joke because ai posted a blue one before on a BeaglePlay and some people complained in the comments.

@javierm Marquee effect on the message?

Is it doable? Can we afford (memory, processing power) to show such “fancy” effect when screen width won’t be enough to show the full message?

@shanmukhateja there's no marquee effect. The message length is fixed but is just that doesn't fit in this small display.

@javierm Hey Javier, how about putting a "smiling penguin" atop the message?

That would boost the context, don't you think so? 😜

@javierm Actually, I would like to see panic log messages along with the "Kernel panic!" messages; or atleast a hint on what caused the panic. There are situations in which it becomes difficult to know what caused the panic/oops. :)

@javierm Kernel Panic ! at the Disco’s new single, “Please reboot yo” just dropped.

@javierm Since lot of people still complain about colour, is it possible to make it change colour?

@tuzu of course, is a build time option.

@javierm I mean change the color while it's running. Like some keyboards do.