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Re: Tux logo, Nvidia drivers, and framebuffer



On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 11:28, Ruairi Newman wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:07:34 -0400, Brian Pack <afcpack@verizon.net> wrote:
> > I want to have either the Tux logo or a bootsplash screen at boot. I've
> > found a few pages that explain this, but each time I delve deeper I hit
> > roadblocks. I've been referred to kernel patches at www.bootsplash.de,
> > but I have no idea which package I need.
> > 
> 
> You should get the little Tux logo on boot if you're using frambuffer
> support.  If you have the kernel-source package installed, read the
> files in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/fb/

Like I said, I'm missing info. Like adding video= or vga= to the
menu.lst to tell grub I want to use framebuffer mode at boot. Google is
my friend. :)

I'm making progress. By adding video=vesa vga=0x317 I get a blank screen
up to the point that X starts. That's not a problem for now, because I
know I'm on the right track. I'm recompiling a kernel right now that has
vesa included, and not a module, as well as console framebuffer support.

Once I get that, *then* I can start playing with the bootsplash patch.
:)

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