Console Color changes yellow to white slowly and back again.

[ColeTrain]

Short version:
My Console color is changing from white to yellow, and seems to be changing slowly. Is this correct?

Long version:
I don't  use the console much, but I tried to rollback to a previous saved config and ... it went poorly. I got an boot error, i believe with the kernel and was not good!  Text looped constantly on the screen.  Sometimes it would load something with a "root" login and I could not log into console with password!  I don't know if that was something changed in an update, or I did it previously, or the failed rollback did it, but root login was turned off in settings.  I don't think it was me, so the other two!  I am not an expert, but what I did was reinstall OPNsense.  (Which by the way, downloading it, with no internet, involved me digging out some old gear out of a closet. That's another long story, and a lot of fun.)   AND i was worried that the device was going bad as the terminal text kept changing color.  (Seems to be stuck on yellow now.)  (It is an old monitor, cant discount that possibility either.) once I got to the interface, I was able to reinstall the config.  All the while it kept changing slowly from white to yellow.

[bartjsmit]

You need to reduce your problem. Replace the monitor and see if the problem goes away. What tech does it use? (TFT? CRT?!?)

There is no real need for a monitor connected to a firewall. OPNsense has good remote access with web and SSH interfaces.

Bart...

[ColeTrain]

it has stuck to yellow since then.  And I think this does answer it, it's not supposed to change colors.  I just hope its the monitor going bad and not the OPNsense box.

BUT, you didn't read my "long version" as it was stuck in a boot loop, it did not load.  :-(  Maybe you are skilled enough to reflash the ISO via ethernet, But I am not.


also, side note, I get impatient with the GUI, it says "rebooting" and hangs there sometimes for a while, if I turn on the terminal monitor, I can see it running through its checks.  I don't type in it much, but it's nice to glance at or in emergencies like this one when you are relaoading!

[bartjsmit]

it's not supposed to change colors.

It definitely is not and your setup seems to be a bit underpowered.
What hardware are you using? Can you try on a different device?

reflash the ISO via ethernet.

I do this all the time If your OPNsense firewall is virtual, you can simply select an ISO file for it to boot from.

Bart...

[CJ]

reflash the ISO via ethernet.

I do this all the time If your OPNsense firewall is virtual, you can simply select an ISO file for it to boot from.

Bart...

Doesn't need to be virtual if you have something like IPMI or a pi KVM.