Messages in this thread | | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Bootscreen | Date | Tue, 28 Jan 2003 15:09:54 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > It's not too much to even state that almost any computer working with > > Linux 2.4+ can do 800x600 or 1024x768. Anything below that can be > > considered a special case, regarding the numbers out there. But that > > does not influence the possibility of using a bootsplash graphics. > > On a system you can't use it properly, you probably also would not > > want it (i.e. use normal text mode boot instead of a framebuffer > > driver) > > Lots of systems cannot do 800x600 or 1024x768. Some of them cannot > do 640x480 very well but 640x480 is safe except for weird kit because > of the VGA mode support.
Infact, better than using text mode with a custom font to draw a logo, because some LCD screens display 720x400 as 640x400 by missing out one pixel of each character.
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