Re: Bootup logo

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@mindspring.com>]

	Subject: RE: Bootup logo
	Date: Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 11:16:45AM +1000

In reply to:Carley, Jason (Australia)

Quoting Carley, Jason (Australia)(jason_carley@exchange.au.ml.com):
> Wayne. Can I just say that this is a very good way to answer this (or indeed
> many) question(s). It both gives the person an immediate answer as well as
> showing how to do it yourself efficiently. Well done.
> 
> Better than either a 1) RTFM of 2) install xxxx package answer.
> 
> This sort of thing really confirms my view that this list is a great support
> forum. Debian users are very quick to help other users (including new debian
> users such as myself) to learn its vagaries.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jason.

Thanks Jason.  I'll try to remember to keep answering in a similar
way.  This is just the the method used to find most of the answers we
supply to the list, anyway.

Regards
Wayne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Topa [mailto:wtopa@mindspring.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 11:02 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bootup logo
> 
> 
> 
> 	Subject: Bootup logo
> 	Date: Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 10:25:51AM +1000
> 
> In reply to:Gareth
> 
> Quoting Gareth(gwalters@metz.une.edu.au):
> > G'day all,
> > 	I have heard its possible to display the linux logo on the
> > screen at startup, does anyone know where I can find out HOWTO do
> > this?
> > 
> 
> I did a Locate slink and got /var/state/apt/lists/
> I then did a grep logo /var/state/apt/lists/*      and got
> /var/state/apt/lists/debian.midco.net_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Pa
> ckages:Package: linuxlogo
> 
> an less of that file got
> 
> Package: linuxlogo
> Version: 2.07-1
> Priority: extra
> Section: misc
> Maintainer: Steve Kostecke <steve@debian.org>
> Depends: libc6
> Architecture: i386
> Filename: dists/stable/main/binary-i386/misc/linuxlogo_2.07-1.deb
> Size: 31752
> MD5sum: e8f4ee35d243371326e220acb7cfc23f
> Description: Color ANSI Penguin with system information
>  An ANSI Color Penguin Logo with some system information that is
>  can be displayed at boot time or at the the login prompt. The
>  default installation displays the linuxlogo at boot time. Three
>  different Penguin Logos are available: Classic, Banner and
>  monochrome ASCII.
>  .
>  Includes a config utility, linuxlogoconfig(8), for selecting
>  when the linuxlogo is displayed.
>  .
>  Diverts /etc/issue from the base-files package when the linuxlogo
>  is displayed at the login prompt.
>  .
>  As of version 0.2 linuxlogo now works on terminals with white
>  backgrounds.
> installed-size: 77
> 
> Might this be what you were looking, I mean asking for?  See, you 
> might have had the info right there at your fingertips.
> 
> HTH
> 
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