corrupted fonts during boot sequence....

superslot · n00b Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 2

Hi,
I've installed 2008.0 from the liveCD on a toshiba satellite 5100,
but when I rebbot I have some issues....

the fonts are all corrupted (you barely understand the "ok" messages)
until the latest step when suddenly all becomes clear and perfect.

Also I noticed that using the liveCD I see the small "tux" in the top left
corner, while I don't see it after install....

the small tux should be related to the fb right?
is the problem with fonts related to kernel compilation?
any suggestion to get a kernel similar to the one on the liveCD ?

I'm asking this because I can;t even see the dual boot selection (win/linux)
on the screen and I have to go "blind" (btw, both are working fine).

Thanks in advance

bunder · Bodhisattva Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 5934

boot from the livecd, mount up, chroot and re-emerge grub please? or instead of re-emerging, you might want to comment out any splashimage lines in grub.conf.

cheers
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superslot · n00b Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 2

yeah, I'm missing the splash image for some reasons...
commenting the grub line made the trick.

so ... just as a silly question,
what should I look into to have the small "tux" on the top left corner?

I'm looking to frame buffer or similar ...
I'm I right?

thanks

yabbadabbadont · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject:

You need to have both a framebuffer enabled and the bootlogo enabled in your kernel configuration in order to get the "small tux".