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tatotato
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 Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:47 am Post subject: Tux at top of screen during boot? |
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Hey guys.
I was just wondering how I could get the tux at the top of my screen when I boot? I have seen this in other linux distros and I have a desperate urge to get my hands on this piece of eyecandy. I understand this is a kernel framebuffer thing, but I'm not quite confident with kernel recompiling etc.
Any knowledge on this?
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rsa4046
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:27 am Post subject: |
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In your kernel config, enable
| Code: | Device Drivers --> Graphics support --> Bootup Logo --> Standard 224-color Linux logo
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(assuming your display support this). Also enable:
| Code: | Device Drivers --> Graphics support --> Support for frame buffer devices --> VESA VGA graphics support.
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Again, I'm assuming your display hardware will support this (likely). Recompile (check the gentoo guide for this if you're unsure, it walks you through the process of building a new kernel). Also you must configure grub (assuming you're booting this way) to set frame buffer parameters. E.g., relevant part of my grub.conf | Code: | title=Linux 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 x86_64
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb3 vga=0x31b video=uvesafb:1280x1024-32,mtrr:3,ywrap quiet |
There are many gentoo-specific guides to do this, and you should get one TUX per cpu, I believe, HTH! |
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tatotato
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: |
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Yep the hardware is capable of it, has shown the tux on some livecds that I have lying around. GeForce fx5200 - The poor man's video card.
Thank you for your help, will give it a go and report back.
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sundialsvc4
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Boot-loaders can display a splash screen behind their prompt.
When you see a "fancy visual start-up page" instead of text-only messages whizzing by, this is usually done by an "initial ramdisk" program. Gentoo, of course, has one, and the image which is displayed there can also be customized. |
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gzunk
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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And remember, you get a tux for each processor core that you have 
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eccerr0r
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 12:22 am Post subject: |
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How about the multithreaded cores?
(hmm... curious what a 4-socket dual core dual thread computer would look like... lots of Tux... will there be 16? Runs off the end of the screen?)
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You haven't seen anything until you've seen four penguins in a race condition.
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SiberianSniper
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| gzunk wrote: | | And remember, you get a tux for each processor core that you have |
That explains why I had more than one after upgrading.....
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Linux_Logo_Hack may also be of interest... |
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