On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 5:45:06 PM UTC+4:30, farzadk...@gmail.com 
wrote:
>
> Thank you Andrew,
>
> Would you please help me rebuilding the kernel, maybe some links or 
> explaining steps here ;)
>
> Farzad
>
>
> On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 7:16:42 PM UTC+4:30, Andrew Henderson wrote:
>>
>> I build custom splash screens into my kernel for my projects.  Here is 
>> the information that you need:
>>
>> 1. The framebuffer penguin logo in the corner represents the number of 
>> processors detected.  One penguin logo means one processor.  That is the 
>> original intended purpose of the logo.  This same technique will work with 
>> other Linux platforms, but you'll see multiple splash screens on multicore 
>> platforms.
>>
>> 2. The logo can be stored in 4-bit (16 color) or pseudo 8-bit (224 color) 
>> formats.
>>
>> 3. The logo for the 224-color image is stored in the kernel source at 
>> drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_clut224.ppm
>>
>> 4. The logo is positioned in the upper-left corner.  Replacing that logo 
>> with another logo still results in the new logo being positioned in the 
>> upper-left corner.
>>
>> 5. The logo can have a max width of 1280 pixels.  If it is wider than 
>> that, nothing will show up.
>>
>> To create a .ppm suitable as a splash, I start with a 256-color PNG. Once 
>> I have one that I like, I convert it using the following command:
>>
>> $ pngtopnm [IMAGE.PNG] | ppmquant -fs 223 | pnmtoplainpnm > 
>> [KERNEL_ROOT]/drivers/video/logo/logo_linux_clut224.ppm
>>
>> Make sure that you backup the original penguin logo (original 
>> logo_linux_clut224.ppm file), as this command will replace it with your new 
>> one.
>>
>> Once you have the new .ppm file in place within the kernel tree, rebuild 
>> the kernel.  The logo image is compiled into the kernel itself.  Copy your 
>> new kernel into place on the boot partition of your microSD, point the 
>> uEnv.txt to it if you have a new name for your kernel, and away you go.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>> On Monday, May 19, 2014 5:13:59 PM UTC-4, Mirko Fucci wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> i wonder if is possible to change startup logo in beaglebone black: it's 
>>> the penguin on the top left part of the screen. 
>>>
>>> Alternatively is possible to remove the logo?
>>>
>>> Thanks everyone !!
>>>
>>>
>>>

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