Whats needed for a Genkernel like console?

jockwatson

Bit of a newby question:

When I boot off ActiveCD I get a good looking splash background, and mouse copy/paste support etc. Whenever I manually build my kernel I get a lower res screen, no splash, no mouse support.

What do I need to add into my kernel (or configure) to get the splash mouse etc please?

Cheers
Gordon

hds · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:46 am Post subject:

i think you should try emerging bootsplash. mouse in console, gpm is responsible for that.

jockwatson · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:12 pm Post subject:

Ahh, yes. With that advice and a bit of poking around I think I've got it.

Many thanks!
Gordon

s4kk3 · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:44 pm Post subject:

There is few good guides for bootsplash I've found very useful. In Documentation tip & tricks
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My own filemanager project

hds · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject:

well, while we are at this.. anyone got it to work using 2 graphic cards and 2 monitors? my clone mode works fine, but as soon as i start using framebuffer, and i boot up the system, i get tty1-tty6 all black screen. X working fine, though ;(
my guess is, that the system gets confused because those are 2 different graphic adapters (1 gforce2 using the nvidia driver, and 1 voodo banshee using tdfx).