Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Nov 1998 18:55:21 +0000 ( ) | From | SrfRoG <> | Subject | RE: Linux Splash Screen |
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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Bob McElrath wrote:
> 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 >
Isn't that syslogd'd job? While stuff is being logged in the background, you can do whatever on the display. I had an itch for this already ... if nobody takes it, I'll do it first ;)
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