"Carl B. Constantine" wrote:
>
> On 5/23/2000 10:01, Mircea Luca at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Yeap,as I mentioned it's not the lilo prompt,I got that one by
> > installing the sl-lilo.I do have the Stormix cd
> > but I don't know what to look for and couldn't find anything on the
> > web,not even in the framebuffer how-to.Looks like it's a well guarded
> > secret,not for newbies or users to tamper with.:-) .Gee..sometimes I
> > really miss some things in Windows and MacOS .:-(
>
> Ok. I went back and searched my archives about this issue and here's what I
> came up with. An email from Stephen Ness about how the framebuffer was set
> up:
>
> > Also, note that I used the VGA16 framebuffer in the kernel to ensure
> > compatibility with as many video cards as possible. There are lots more
> > framebuffer devices you can use, for example the VESA framebuffer, which
> > gives you lots more options, bigger screen, deeper bit depth, and is
> > faster, but your video card has to support them. To use these
> > framebuffers, you compile them into your kernel, it's under "Console
> > drivers" when you "make menuconfig" on the kernel. (ok sness, slow down,
> > too much information. :)
>
> I haven't looked at this yet but I hope it points you in the right direction
> to search on.
>
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Well,thanks Carl ,but the frame buffer is not the issue here.I compiled
the damn thing(specifically for
my Voodoo3) and I have a nice penguin
logo( kernel 2.3.9-pre8).Now I would want to replace that
with the Stormix logo(with the boot-up messages window),
The question is Which file in the kernel tree and where
provides the picture.I read somewhere that you need to convert a jpg,xpm
to a .c ,and I'm sure I can find that
if really,necessary.But Which .c is one that gives the logo?
That was my point,it's not documented anywhere,I'd be happy to read a
How-to or a document,considering I spent
already a lot of hours on this searching the net and reading a lot of
stuff and downloaded 2 kernels from
Storm's ftp site and one from kernel.org-what a waste of
resources for something that I'm sure can be answered in
one (short) phrase.
rant
I don't know why everybody is giving general replys like
you need the framebuffer,you can have a nice logo....
gee,I compiled the framebuffer,I have the logo ,now I want to replace it
with somehting else.As i say in Windows I need 3 minutes including the
reboot to change the damn thing,in MAC you can't(afaik) yet ,in Linux
you can but it's reserved as far as I can see by what's available
on the net. I don't mind recompiling the kernel -took
me 5 minutes for the kernel and 3 minutes for modules
after my last upgrade so not a problem. /rant
OK ,I need a break..seeya later and thanks for trying.
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