[CS-FSLUG] frambuffer options

[Alvin Smith]

On Friday 11 February 2005 04:30 pm, john-thomas richards wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 03:46:39PM -0500, Alvin Smith wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > > > Not sure why I don't have a "non-scrolling area"...
> > > > >
> > > > > The non-scrolling area should be the top 80 or so pixels of your
> > > > > screen, the part where the logos display.  The logos should remain
> > > > > there until you get a boot-prompt or until gdm/kdm/xdm/graphical
> > > > > login manager starts.
> > > >
> > > > I have seen it before, but I am not sure why it is not being seen
> > > > here now. After removing the boot-icons package, I don't see anything
> > > > at all at boot time other than the regular boot messages.  No tux
> > > > either.
> > >
> > > How did you remove the boot-icons package?  Did you use the purge
> > > option (apt-get remove boot-icons --purge)?  If not, you may still be
> > > running the init script for boot icons.  Since you have removed the
> > > actual graphics, the script has nothing to display.
> >
> > Using synaptic's "Mark for Complete Removal" option.  Is that not the
> > same as the purge option?
>
> It should be.  Check /etc/rc2.d/ (or whichever runlevel you are in) for
> a link such as Sxxprogress.kernel (or mount or service or whatever).
> There should not be such a link.  Purging the package via synaptic
> should have removed it.

No sign of Sxxprogress.kernel.

>
> If this is not the problem I am at a complete loss since the tux penguin
> is hardcoded into the kernel.  I assume you are running a stock Debian
> kernel.  (Is this correct?)

Yes sir.

> I also assume that you are still running in 
> framebuffer mode.  (Is this also correct?)

Yes sir.

> All of the bugs listed on 
> Debian's site are over a *year* old.  The maintainer states very clearly
> it is buggy.  However, since you have removed it there must be some
> other problem.  Do you have other kernels installed to test for Tux?

I will load the 386 version of the current 686 kernel to see what it looks 
like as a test, then try an older kernel next.

Thanks!

-- 
peace,
Alvin Smith
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