[gentoo-user] Framebuffering on bootup - Want to see the cow?

2003-06-18 Thread Peter Stewart
Hi Guys, this is probably a very daft question, but, I've been trying to get the console to display Tux on the boot console. I've enabled frame buffering in the kernel, and asked it to display the cow (cant remember his name :-( ), but nothing is happening. Can you please advise how to get th

Re: [gentoo-user] Framebuffering on bootup - Want to see the cow?

2003-06-18 Thread Jon Gaudette
Peter, You may be interested in taking that to the next level. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036 That above url will also show you the grub parameters to use, which should be the same for if you just want the tux to show (this is probably the reason you don't see anything now) -J

Re: [gentoo-user] Framebuffering on bootup - Want to see the cow?

2003-06-19 Thread James McArthur
Hi, On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 10:55, Peter Stewart wrote: > I've been trying to get the console to display Tux on the boot console. > I've enabled frame buffering in the kernel, and asked it to display the > cow (cant remember his name :-( ), but nothing is happening. > > Can you please advise ho

Re: [gentoo-user] Framebuffering on bootup - Want to see the cow?

2003-06-19 Thread Tom Wesley
On Thursday 19 June 2003 08:09, James McArthur wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 10:55, Peter Stewart wrote: > > I've been trying to get the console to display Tux on the boot console. > > I've enabled frame buffering in the kernel, and asked it to display the > > cow (cant remember his name :