[CS-FSLUG] frambuffer options

[john-thomas richards]

On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:16:22PM -0500, Alvin Smith wrote:
> > > 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?
> 
> I see tux, a hard drive, and a flower.
> 
> > Are you using the framebuffer 
> > driver for X?
> 
> X is using nvidia driver.

Strange...the tux logo is *hard*-coded into the kernel.  The kernel
source *requires* an 80x80 graphic that is converted to a header file.
Do you have the hard drive and flower on a *console* before X starts?
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john-thomas
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