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SubjectRE: Linux Splash Screen
On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Greaves Tristan TM wrote:

> Jens,
>
> > [Splash screens with 2.1.x kernels?]
> >
> > www.klografx.de, look for LILO patches, makes LILO display a
> > 320x200x256 RAW
> > image on bootup until someone presses a key
> >
> > doesn't work with LOADLIN & Co. though ...
>
> That's a Lilo hack though. I believe the original poster was after a way to
> make
> *Linux* itself display the splash screen while the kernel was initialising
> itself,
> detecting devices, that sort of thing.
>
> I'm after something like this as well. It is another step in making Linux
> look
> presentable to the average computer user.

Hmm...I wonder if it would be possible to use the new framebuffer code to do
this? If in a graphics mode console you could throw an image in the
background. (But I *have* to see the boot messages! How else can you
diagnose a crash during boot!)

I'm not familiar with the fb stuff, or kgi...anyone else have some input?

-- Bob

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