Re: how to remove penguin logo
On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 06:35:18PM -0700, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
| > 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
|
| No, as far as I know, I don't need to use fb.
I too think that you are using the fb, whether you realize it or not.
The logo is mentioned in the fb howto, and the first time I saw it
(aside from the Debian installer, which had messed up colors) was when
I started using the fb. For me, if I do anything that uses the whole
screen the logo goes away. For example : start X, switch VT, run a
curses app (ie less, vim or mutt).
| Where are the documented steps for getting rid of the logo?
See above -- running a curses app should do it.
| On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Cameron Matheson wrote:
|
| > 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/...
|
| I think the above was for another reader, but it was also sent to me. I am
Yes, the other reader wanted to know how to put a custom image there
instead.
| hoping that I don't have to rebuild a kernel. (This is for a student
You shouldn't need to.
| workstation in a Unix class where each workstation is running a different
| OS; please note that each workstation usually only takes three to ten
| minutes to install; in other words, I don't have time to waste on this
| particular system.)
|
| I read an older debian-user posting that said the framebuffer can be
| enabled via lilo (configurations sent to kernel). Hopefully, this means I
| can disable it too :)
Yep.
| I guess I can check for some append="video=..." or vga=... line. My lilo
| manual doesn't discuss this, my lilo(8) and lilo.conf(5) manuals don't
| have info on this. I am not at the system, but I'll try setting
These are the argument names.
| vga=normal.
This is not a legal value (to the best of my knowledge). (Nice guess
though ;-)). See
/usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.4.8/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt.gz for the
various modes that are legal for the VESA framebuffer. Presumably
they work for the matroxfb too, but I've only used the vesafb. If you
set 'vga=ask' then you get a list of the VGA (not fb) modes that are
allowed for your video card.
I just found /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.4.8/Documentation/svga.txt.gz
which includes the following :
---------------
The ASK_VGA mode causes the kernel to offer a video mode menu upon
bootup. It displays a "Press <RETURN> to see video modes available, <SPACE>
to continue or wait 30 secs" message. If you press <RETURN>, you enter the
menu, if you press <SPACE> or wait 30 seconds, the kernel will boot up in
the standard 80x25 mode.
The menu looks like:
Video adapter: <name-of-detected-video-adapter>
Mode: COLSxROWS:
0 0F00 80x25
1 0F01 80x50
2 0F02 80x43
3 0F03 80x26
....
Enter mode number or `scan': <flashing-cursor-here>
---------------
There is much more interesting information. The summary is that for
standard VGA text console you want "vga=0x0F00".
The fb is really cool though -- you get a better console since any
resolution and font can be used. Also configuring X is as trivial as
telling it to use the fb driver. No modelines, etc, to fuss with.
The downside is that most cards are not accelerated (the Matrox and
_some_ ATIs are supposed to be).
| Does anyone know where I can find the lilo documentation that talks about
| disabling fb?
I don't know about lilo specifics, but everything is in the kernel
docs.
| (I forgot to mention that I am not on the mailing list. The debian.org
| archive was last updated on Monday and the geocrawler.com archive doesn't
| show anything yet. Please consider Cc'ing messages to me.)
Done, though using the Mail-Followup-To: header helps with this :-).
-D
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