To quote Peter Hugosson-Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # I'm trying to make sense of this thread, but I guess I'm too dense: exactly when # would this boot logo show up? # # 1) post LILO but pre kernel load? # 2) post kernel load but pre init? # 3) Is it used as a background picture for xdm or gdm? # # FWIW, I've never seen any logo during boot up, neither tux or otherwise, so I # just don't get this. Is it maybe a 2.4 kernel thing (I'm still on 2.2.17)?
Within the "Console" section of the kernel config is Framebuffer support. When it's compiled directly into the kernel(ie: not as a module), the kernel(along with a wee little big of help from LILO) displays console text in a graphics mode. This allows for smaller fonts, but not unreadable fonts. You can get lots of text on the screen, while still being able to read :) A side effect of this is that you can use the framebuffer as a graphics device. For instance, you could display a logo :) At boot time :) That's what people are talking about. The regular framebuffer logo is a penguin(or three?), and it displays in the top-left hand corner of the screen during kernel init and(I think) regular system startup. Not very useful, of course, but cool nevertheless. The LPP, or Linux Progress Patch, is a patch available for both 2.2.x and 2.4.0. It uses the entire screen(when frambuffer support is compiled in, of course) as the logo. So you've got a lot more real-estate. It also displays a progress bar to let you know how the boot is going. If you think the boot messages are ugly, and you know you have a working system(ie: you're not too worried about seeing those messages), I suggest you give the LPP a try; it's available at lpp.FreeLords.org . Dave
