> This is not a consequence of any of the mentioned pkgs nor is it a > cooker issue. > > If you do not want verbose output add 'quiet' to your lilo append
Thanks, but I think you misunderstood me. If you take a look at the selections of screens (for example, at http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html), you'll see that there are two types. One displays text, the other doesn't. The no-text mode is triggered with a "splash=silent" in the lilo append. I've always had this, and it's in fact included by default with the install. This is what I as referring to by "silent" and "verbose". Since the bootsplash seems to be doing tricks with framebuffers or something like it, I figured that there may be a connection with my video -- especially since it's a laptop, and may be shortchanged in VRAM (I can do 1024x768x24 bits, but is there enough for two buffers?). I'd seen at least one post (lost in a long thread) mentioning that the silent mode didn't work for him. Perhaps there's a common cause, I don't know. Hopefully, there's enough time before release to spot the cause and maybe fix it. - John
