[CS-FSLUG] frambuffer options

[Alvin Smith]

On Wednesday 09 February 2005 10:06 pm, john-thomas richards wrote:
> 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?

Yes, and there is also a globe.  They appear at intervals, spaced evenly from 
left to right, with the flower appearing about three quarters across the top 
of the screen just before GDM starts.  The flower seems to be the only one 
that "floats" while boot information scrolls up.



-- 
peace,
Alvin Smith
******************************************
The Shenandoah Valley Linux Users Group
Winchester, VA  USA
http://www.ShenLUG.org
******************************************