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Re: Removing image from bootup in Woody



On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 04:20:04PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> John Habermann(j_habermann@tpg.com.au) is reported to have said:
> > Just installed Woody on old box using the 2.4 kernel option. When it 
> > boots up the boot process stalls while the image of Tux is drawn in the 
> > terminal. Could someone please tell me  how to remove the image from 
> > the boot sequence. I looked through lilo.conf and couldn't see anything 
> > there and looked at everything in the /boot directory and couldn't 
> > figure out where it was coming from. It takes longer to draw this image 
> > than the whole boot process so I would really like to know how to stop 
> > it.
> > 
> Check less /usr/src/linux/.config
>  if you have 
> Frame-buffer support
> #
> CONFIG_FB=y   <--- Enabled

I have this in a previous kernel (2.2.19pre9) which displayed 
none of the logo, 30-line screen etc.

As far as I can see, the only relevant things I have set in 
the 2.2.20-idepci kernel (the one that has the novelties) but 
not in the old one are:

	CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
	CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES=y

> 
> Disable it and recompile the kernel.
> 
> In your lilo.conf put VGA= ask
> 
> :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)
> 

David



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