framebuffer during booting and the Tux Logo
 

I have seen generally that whenever we boot from a Knoppix CD, the booting process happens with the framebuffer driver and also there is a small colourful tux logo on the top left hand side of the screen.

Right now when I boot my Debain Sarge 3.1 (GNOME Installed) the booting process happens in regular text mode.

How I can make the booting process happen in the frame buffer mode?

Just to be clear I am not talking about the splashy package. I just want simple verbose booting on the framebuffer driver and if possible with the Tux logo on the Left hand side.

thanks

Why not go with a debian logo? Install the kernel-patch-debianlogo package, then patch your kernel using a process similar to below:

Config the kernel:

Recompile and you've got your logo. If you really want the tux image you should be able to just choose 'bootup logo' (or similar) in the Logo Configuration section of the kernel config.

Thanks a lot. I will try that and see how it goes.

It seems that the site packages.debian.org is down for some reason since last couple of weeks. Now how do I download the patch? Is there any temporary workaround?

You can go straight to the Deb repo.

hi Xian,

I tried what you had suggested, but it seems in my case it did not work. It still boots with the text mode with any framebuffer drivers. When I tried passing the kernel argument vga=791 the screen went blank and after sometime(when booting was finished) straight away I got the Gnome login screen. I am using kernel-source-2.6.15-1 from www.kernel.org.

Any ideas?

thanks

I would suggest using a Debian kernel-source package, and compiling that to your preference. I've never tried the method I outlined on a vanilla kernel. This isn't to say that it can't be done, but I do know it works with a Debian kernel.

Last time I applied the patch to the vanilla 2.6.16-rc1 and it worked fine, thanks for pointing this MUST-feature :)
Just had to change 2.6.15 to 2.6.16 in the apply file.

I found the solution. Actually, by default the framebuffer driver for my Intel 855 GM card was also set to be compiled as module. So to try, I just disabled the native Intel framebuffer driver from my the kernel and I was able to find the Happy little tux on my screen.

Glad you found your little tux :)
The funny thing is that for me when the driver for 855GM is compiled as module, it is not loaded. So on my box, it doesn't change anything having it compiled as module or not.
But well, the most important is that it works..