Console Framebuffer

darkarcon2015 · 07-16-2005, 10:37 AM

I am having a bit of trouble figuring out why my console, at boot, does't have the tux logo in it. Instead I get a really large font an no graphics at all. I am running the 2.6.12.2 kernel and I did build support for the framebuffer. Here is a section from my .config:. Th

Code:

#
# Console display driver support
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=m
# CONFIG_FONTS is not set
CONFIG_FONT_8x8=y
CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y

#
# Logo configuration
#
CONFIG_LOGO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16=y
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y
# CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT is not set

I must have forgot something, but I don't know what. Thanks for any help.

UPDATE: I just followed what this thread said to do and everything worked out.

dcdbutler · 07-16-2005, 10:50 AM

looks like you compiled support for all three options of the bootup logo in menuconfig and it's defaulting to the standard black and white one. To fix this you could recompile with only the 16-colour or 224-colour options enabled, but there may be an easier fix that I don't know about.
Cheers

darkarcon2015 · 07-16-2005, 10:53 AM

Heh, I try to be safe and I still mess something up.

mdg · 07-16-2005, 11:12 AM

You have framebuffer support set as a module, so first check with lsmod to see if the module is loaded, but I think the problem is connected to the bootloader.

If you're using lilo, check in lilo.conf, in the global section, which line is uncommented in the " VESA framebuffer console" part. It's probably set to 640x480.

Mine is set to 1024x768x256 (vga = 773) and tux puts in an appearance at the top.

darkarcon2015 · 07-16-2005, 11:21 AM

It's not a LILO problem because I have the tux logo appear when I boot the 2.4.29 kernel. I checked `lsmod` and I don't see framebuffer. What would I type in to get it loaded? `modprobe framebuffer` didn't work.

maginotjr · 07-16-2005, 12:17 PM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=339050

maybe it can help you.

darkarcon2015 · 07-16-2005, 12:30 PM

Thanks, I'll try that.

egag · 07-16-2005, 01:35 PM

you must compile frame buffer support, and vesa framebuffer support,
into the kernel.
not as module.

also don't compile other fb support like ati or so.
vesa is what's used in the standard Slackware kernels.

egag

darkarcon2015 · 07-16-2005, 01:37 PM

Okay, I just followed what that post said and everything works now. Thanks a lot everyone.

tmantist · 07-16-2005, 05:24 PM

Note: You only get the pretty logo if you have the framebuffer. You won't get it if you use agpgart, also if you include support for the VGA text console your screen will be black and won't display nothing until you xserver starts(either from text mode or from entering run level 5 from an init script). Read the tips/comments you get at config time for the kernel.

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