> 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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