Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: AW: Bootscreen | Date | Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:18:58 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > > I just upgraded from 3.6.1, which booted fine, to 3.6.2, which stops > > > after Tux has waved twice, and winked his left eye. > > > > > Sounds pretty fun to me! > > Right. > > Q: It hangs when booting! Just get to see the cute penguin > (whatshisnameagain?) > > A: What version of Linux? What exactly did the bird do before hanging? BTW, > his (her?) name is Tux > > Q: Oh, yo mean like $BIG_DISTRO 10.7.3? Yep, Tux winked. > > A. No, the kernel version... [longish explanation deleted]. And exactly how > many times did he wink? Which wings? Did he waddle about? How many > steps? Did he blink? Did you install wink-blink-boot version 27.3, or > are you still with the older one? > > [ad nauseam]
The funny thing is, in a few years, somebody will probably read through these old comments in the archive, and decide to implement the animated Tux boot sequence just for a laugh, and then we really *will* get bug reports like that. I will then probably get flamed for suggesting it in the begining :-).
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