diff --git a/Yard.pm b/Yard.pm
index 84241d8..d58d7ed 100644
--- a/Yard.pm
+++ b/Yard.pm
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ my $INODE_SIZE       = 1024;
 my $objcopy = "objcopy";
 my($Warnings) = 0;
 my $verbosity;
-my $text_insert; 
+my ($text_insert,$red,$blue); 
 my $logadj;
 
 # This solves an annoying problem with the new Perl-5.6 built in glob,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ sub warning {
 }
 
 sub verbosity { $verbosity = $_[0]; }
-sub text_insert { $text_insert = $_[0]; }
+sub text_insert { $text_insert = $_[0]; $red = $_[1]; $blue = $_[2]; }
 sub logadj { $logadj = $_[0]; }
 # This is because verbosity_box is in start_logging_output
 #sub verbosity_window { $verbosity_window = $_[0]; }
@@ -1031,7 +1031,12 @@ sub info {
   if ($verbosity >= $level) {
       if ($text_insert) {
 	  $text_insert->freeze();
-	  $text_insert->insert( undef, undef, undef, $output );
+	  if ($level == 0) {
+	      $text_insert->insert( undef, $blue, undef, $output );
+	  }
+	  elsif ($level == 1) {
+	      $text_insert->insert( undef, $red, undef, $output );
+	  }    
 	  $text_insert->thaw();
 	  $logadj->set_value($logadj->upper - $logadj->page_size);
 	  while (Gtk->events_pending) { Gtk->main_iteration; }
diff --git a/gBootRoot b/gBootRoot
index 653fc59..653d033 100644
--- a/gBootRoot
+++ b/gBootRoot
@@ -2398,9 +2398,12 @@ sub err_custom_perl {
     }
 }
 
+
 # This monster needs different behavior than create_text.
 sub verbosity_box {
 
+       my ($red,$blue);
+    
        $verbosity_window = new Gtk::Window "toplevel";
        $verbosity_window->signal_connect("destroy", \&destroy_window,
                                     \$verbosity_window);
@@ -2436,7 +2439,15 @@ sub verbosity_box {
                        0, 0 );
        $text->grab_focus();
        $text->show();
-       text_insert($text); # yard thing
+       my $colormap = Gtk::Gdk::Colormap->get_system();
+       $red->{ 'red' } = 65000;
+       $blue->{ 'blue' } =  65000;
+       #$blue->{'red'} = 0;
+       #$blue->{'green'} = 0;
+       # Not a fatal problem
+       error( "Couldn't allocate color\n" ) 
+         unless ( defined( $colormap->color_alloc( $blue ) ) );
+       text_insert($text,$red,$blue); # yard thing
 
        # Add a vertical scrollbar to the GtkText widget
        my $vscrollbar = new Gtk::VScrollbar( $text->vadj );