Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: fbsplash wierdness

[Andrew Watson]

Duncan wrote:
Gregory Symons posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted
below,  on Thu, 14 Apr 2005 01:00:03 -0400:
 

I've been trying to get gensplash working on my 2.6.11-gentoo-sources
   

I don't use an initrc/initramfs, and don't have much use for splash
screens obscuring kernel init information I like to see.  Further, my info
may be dated or related to some other kernel splash functionality.
However, the above disclaimer in mind... 

I read some time (a year?) ago that the kernel splash wasn't working on
64-bit amd64 kernels, and I've seen no posts verifying that it indeed
/does/ now work. (If it does, such a reply should be forthcoming. =8^)
 

Works right here - VESA FB is supported. VESA-TNG (which is newer and 
prettier) is not supported as yet.

I am thinking about writing an AMD64 howto guide on this very subject as 
I have helped a lot of people getting it up and running.
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