SuSE 9.3 Shell Background

swan2925 · 04-16-2005, 05:56 AM

When I switch to shell, say CTRL-ALT-F2,
there is a background in the shell, which is a picture.

This dramatically reduce the drawing performance
which I run SuSE in Virtual Server.

Is there any method to remove this background?

Thanks!!

swan2925 · 04-16-2005, 06:01 AM

Furthermore, when start up the linux, there is now always a splash screen saying "Starting system" for example, instead of displaying the traditional detail information.

I know I could press "Esc" to display those details, but if I want to set it to default to display the details, what should I do?

Thanks!!

abisko00 · 04-16-2005, 06:30 AM

That must be a new feature of 9.3 that the splashscreen is also on tty2. If they haven't changed it, you can switch it off by adding 'splash=0' to the boot options in /boot/grub/menu.lst. You can also type this parameter on the grub-menu screen (only valid on the current boot).

swan2925 · 04-16-2005, 07:17 AM

Thanks very much for abisko00 suggestion.
I could remove the splash screen now!!

However, I have one question more.
Is that possible to use the background in tty2, but when start up, I don't want to see "Starting System.." that splash screen??

using "Splash=0" options remove the background in tty2 as well as the "Starting System.." splash screen too!!

Thanks!!

abisko00 · 04-17-2005, 06:52 AM

You could turn-off the silent-mode with 'splash=verbose'. This will give you the messages on a splash-background (just like you see on tty2). But I don't know how you could achieve a text console on tty1 and a splash on tty2. It should be possible however (in 9.1 the splash is only at tty1).

swan2925 · 04-17-2005, 08:06 AM

Thanks very much, abisko00 again!!

A follow up question, actually where could i found the available options and their description for bootup?
I can't find it out in "user guide".

Thanks!!

abisko00 · 04-17-2005, 09:59 AM

I guess the most comprehensive collection of kernel-parameters can be found in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt (providing that the kernel-source is installed). But this is probably not complete.

The framebuffer parameter can be found in /usr/src/linux-2.6.11.7/Documentation/fb (e.g. a nice table for vga modes in vesafb.txt).

Powermanagement parameters are described here:
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2002/10/81_acpi.html