Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:53:32 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Frame buffer problem in 2.2.11 |
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Matthew Kirkwood wrote: > On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, H.J. Lu wrote: > > I have updated to Linux 2.2.11 on RedHat 6.0. Everything seems ok, > > except for the kernel frame buffer in Linux 2.2.11 kernel. Now for > > each CPU, it draws a penguin at the top of screen. However, during the > > startup, the colors used in rc scripts for "[ OK ]" and "[ Failed ]" > > are all wrong. Now, green in "[ OK ]" is grey and red in "[ Failed ]" > > is brown. > > I see that too, but only when using vga16fb. The problem, I think, > is that there aren't enough colours available to render the penguin > _and_ colourise the boot messages.
And thus the 16 color logo uses a palette that doesn't disturb the normal text console too much. But since there's no green or red in the pinguin, there's no green or red in the palette.
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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