Re: disable boot logo from LILO (kernel boot command line)?

[Roberto Sanchez <rcsanchez97@yahoo.es>]

Daniel B. wrote:

> That is not correct.  On my home system, "vga = 10" gives me 60 lines 
> of 132 characters, which is higher resolution than the default 24 x 80.
My bad.
> > which usually has the logo.  To get rid of the logo, you probably need to
> > recompile the kernel.
>
>
> That really sucks if true.
>
> Any idea why Debian would leave in (or patch in?) such a flashy-but-
> useless feature given how badly it breaks other things?  
>
> (You can no longer use vga= in lilo.conf to use a high-resolution text 
> mode to see kernel boot messages.  If you run less on the console, the 
> top lines of the file aren't visible, apparently because less thinks
> the screen is 24 lines high, but the first 4 lines don't work because
> of the boot logo.)
>  
That is very weird.  I have the logo on my machine (I even installed the
new booticons pacakge) and it disappears partway through the boot
process.

-Roberto

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