[vox-tech] Beer tux

[Dave Margolis]

that appears to be a 2.6.x feature.  if there is an easier way to do 
this in 2.4.x, i'd like to hear (not that the patch is tough).

also, i like to use FB (without the framebuffer i only get the middle 
half of my laptop screen - i suspect it's a centered 640x480), and i 
like to get rid of tux altogether.  if you follow the directions that 
come with those patches, you can replace tux with whatever graphic you 
want.  maybe you want to replace tux's beer with a joint to show the 
parents how organic you are (or something).

dave

Ken Bloom wrote:

> Since you're already recompiling, why not just go to Device Drivers->  
> Graphics Support->Logo Configuration and just turn it off? Or compile a
> vanilla kernel with the same configuration options and you'll get the  
> standard beerless Tux.
>
> On 2004.04.05 15:38, Dave Margolis wrote:
>
>> I make a 1 pixel high by 8 pixel wide black graphic in the gimp, and 
>> then  save it as linux_logo.ppm.  I then compile this replacement 
>> graphic into  my kernel using patches at the following site:  
>> http://www.arnor.net/linuxlogo/download.html
>>
>> This is a little crude and hasn't been updated since 2.4.18, but it 
>> still  works (as of a recent 2.4.25 build).  Also, if you don't build 
>> your own  kernels, or let Debian handle kernel compilation for you, 
>> I'm not sure  how this can be used.
>>
>> The only other choice is to turn off the framebuffer console (i.e.  
>> vga=normal in /etc/lilo.conf).  This generally works OK on many 
>> video  boards/monitors, especially if you spend most of your time in X.
>>
>> Dave M
>>
>> Bill Kendrick wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, so this weekend, the little kid I'm tutoring and I set up a 
>>> PII I  got
>>> from a friend, and installed Debian Linux 3.0r1 (the disc I had on me).
>>>
>>> I have one complaint so far... during the boot sequence, it throws a 
>>> Tux
>>> at the top left. My box does the same (I recently installed 3.0r1 
>>> from  scratch
>>> and then dist-upgrade'd), but with one difference... my box just 
>>> shows a  Tux.
>>> His computer shows Tux holding a mug of beer!  D'OH!
>>>
>>> How does one change this?  :^)
>>>
>>> Thx!
>>
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