Re: [Devil-linux-develop] vesa

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>>[*] Support for frame buffer devices
>>
>>>[ ]   VESA VGA graphics console
>>>  VGA 16-color graphics console
>>
>>The rest looked good to me.
> 
> 
> OK, I set those three options, recompiled the kernel, and ...
> 
> pcmcia-cs aborts on the make clean install iso.  :-(
That's normal

> So, I turned off pcmcia in the .config, and tried again.
> 
> Then I make a new ISO with vga=773, and it works great in VMware4!

Cool !

> However, Tux (the standard logo, not the DL penguin with horns) stays at
> the top of the screen and doesn't go away, wasting viewable space.  How
> can I get rid of that?

I don't know, I know it only this way.
But only the first console should be affected, correct.

> Also, vga=773 is 256 colors.  Is there ANY reason to go higher?  Is
> there any software on DL that would use more colors?

Should not.

Are you going to check in those changes?
At some point we should then also replace Tux with our Logo.

cya
   Heiko