[CS-FSLUG] frambuffer options

[john-thomas richards]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 08:50:51PM -0500, Alvin Smith wrote:
> I am looking for the documentation on boot options for frambuffer mode.  
> 
> Problem:  All of the little icons, tux etc, scroll off the top of the screen 
> instead of remaining, like a heading.
> 
> Current /boot/grub/menu.lst contains:
> 
> kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-686 root=/dev/hda1 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr 
> vga=791 ro
> 
> With the above images appear a disappear during boot, scrolling quickly off 
> the top of the screen.

The penguin graphic is supposed to disappear in order to free up screen
real estate.  What icons do you see?  Are you using the framebuffer
driver for X?
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