Re: how to remove penguin logo

["Cameron Matheson" <cmatheson3@yahoo.com>]

Hey,

The kernel Documentation has something about that in the framebuffer
directory... If I remember correctly, someone had written a gimp-plugin to
convert any image to a file that you replaced the penguin w/...

Cameron Matheson


----- Original Message -----
From: Robert L. Harris <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net>
To: Cameron Matheson <cmatheson3@yahoo.com>
Cc: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@wcug.wwu.edu>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: how to remove penguin logo


>
>
> How do you change the logo?  I remember back when he came out there were
> alot of alternatives.  I'd like to find something a bit more interesting.
>
>
> Thus spake Cameron Matheson (cmatheson3@yahoo.com):
>
> > Hey,
> >
> > do you have to use fb?  I think the logo is mandatory w/ framebuffer...
but
> > when you clear the screen, it's supposed to go away
> >
> > Cameron Matheson
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@wcug.wwu.edu>
> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 4:14 PM
> > Subject: how to remove penguin logo
> >
> >
> > > Well, I have installed 2.2 on a i386 system with a Matrox Millenium
MGA
> > > G100 AGP card and a ViewSonic P655 monitor. The logo looks bad, but
that
> > > doesn't matter. (The student using the workstation was new to Linux
and
> > > couldn't even recognize that it was a penguin.)
> > >
> > > The problem is that the logo stays on the screen even after the kernel
and
> > > the system boots. It uses up screen space (plus it never drew
correctly
> > > in the first place).
> > >
> > > How can I easily choose to never display any logo?
> > >
> > > Please note that I attempted to search using the glimpse interface for
the
> > > Debian lists and search via google's usenet search, but never found an
> > > answer within all the noise about logo contests and framebuffers. Feel
> > > free to point me to documentation, FAQ or mailing list posting that
> > > answers this question.
> > >
> > >   Jeremy C. Reed
> > > ...................................................
> > >      BSD software, documentation, resources, news...
> > >      http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
> > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact
> > listmaster@lists.debian.org
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org
> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact
listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
>
>
> :wq!
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
> Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :
> Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability
>   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
>                                 \_       that important!
> DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print
$i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'


_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com