double logo on boot [solved]

mips · 2007-06-17 14:09:20

i have a strange problem here.. it's not important at all but i ask because i can't explain why it happens.
during the boot process, on the top of the framebuffer i see 2 (TWO) arch logos, one to the top left (normal) and another just to the right of the former. this happens on both my laptops, and started recently (about a couple of months ago i think). maybe somebody knows what's going on or maybe it's just normal, who knows?

also, after i login, if i scroll back the terminal output (shift+pgup) the top part of the screen doesn't change (logos and user/pass prompt), so what should be scrolled there is unreadable.

thanks in advance for any clues about these things.

Last edited by mips (2007-06-17 14:53:14)

harlekin · 2007-06-17 14:47:03

Concerning the two logos: As far as I know the amount of logos being displayed represent you amount of cpus or cpu cores. I've got a Intel Core 2 Duo and got two logos at boot time, either.

Just annoying is, that the background of the logo isn't completely black as the screen is. \-:

Last edited by harlekin (2007-06-17 14:49:46)

raymano · 2007-06-17 14:47:25

mips wrote:

i have a strange problem here.. it's not important at all but i ask because i can't explain why it happens.
during the boot process, on the top of the framebuffer i see 2 (TWO) arch logos, one to the top left (normal) and another just to the right of the former. this happens on both my laptops, and started recently (about a couple of months ago i think). maybe somebody knows what's going on or maybe it's just normal, who knows?
also, after i login, if i scroll back the terminal output (shift+pgup) the top part of the screen doesn't change (logos and user/pass prompt), so what should be scrolled there is unreadable.
thanks in advance for any clues about these things.

I know the answer to your first question. This is by design. One arch logo is displayed per CPU. This is compiled into the standard Arch kernel with kernel config param "CONFIG_LOGO=y".

Raymano

mips · 2007-06-17 14:51:34

oh, nice to know that i thought it was some kind of weird bug. i wonder what will happen on a 32-core station
thanks guys

tanis · 2007-06-24 12:42:54

Is there a way to get rid of the second logo?
Nice to know that it is not a bug though

Ramses de Norre · 2007-06-24 12:56:41

tanis wrote:

Is there a way to get rid of the second logo?
Nice to know that it is not a bug though

Recompile your kernel with the mentioned param set as no...

tanis · 2007-06-24 13:40:19

But CONFIG_LOGO=n would not show any logo at all?
I want one logo.

raymano · 2007-06-25 20:36:05

tanis wrote:

But CONFIG_LOGO=n would not show any logo at all?
I want one logo.

You have to change kernel code for that.

mOLOk · 2008-09-04 03:59:37

--- linux-2.6.26/drivers/video/fbmem.c.orig 2008-09-04 04:36:43.000000000 +0200                          
+++ linux-2.6.26/drivers/video/fbmem.c  2008-09-04 04:36:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ int fb_show_logo(struct fb_info *info, i
    int y; 
 
    y = fb_show_logo_line(info, rotate, fb_logo.logo, 0, 
-                 num_online_cpus());
+                 1);
    y = fb_show_extra_logos(info, y, rotate);
 
    return y

moljac024 · 2008-09-04 18:00:42

Can these logos be disabled without fiddling around in the kernel ?

thayer · 2008-09-04 20:47:47

No.

Jessehk · 2008-09-16 12:35:46

Heh, I just got a new laptop, prompty put Arch on it, and was baffled at the double logos. Neat idea.

nickoljt · 2008-09-17 04:00:59

you can supress the logo by adding the logo.nologo kernel parameter to your grub boot line:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/6d9615d5-08f3-46de-975d-a2b8d6e38e9b ro vga=773 logo.nologo
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

crc32 · 2008-09-17 05:11:29

nickoljt wrote:

you can supress the logo by adding the logo.nologo kernel parameter to your grub boot line:
# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/6d9615d5-08f3-46de-975d-a2b8d6e38e9b ro vga=773 logo.nologo
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

That's a great tip. I'll try this out soon. Thanks!

timetrap · 2008-09-17 09:19:07

You guys are crazy. More power to ya.

thayer · 2008-09-17 15:27:10

nickoljt wrote:

you can supress the logo by adding the logo.nologo kernel parameter to your grub boot line:

Well I'll be damned, I must have googled for days trying to find such a solution. Thanks!

iBertus · 2008-09-17 16:12:29

I get 8 logos on my new workstation. It freaked me out the first time I booted it up.

carlocci · 2008-09-17 16:21:59

iBertus wrote:

I get 8 logos on my new workstation. It freaked me out the first time I booted it up.

does they newline after a while? What if your monitor can't fit them all?

koch · 2008-09-17 23:26:29

have a look at his sig...30 inch monitor...any questions?

iBertus · 2008-09-19 04:51:27

I'll boot with a really low vga= line and see if it wraps.. as soon as I get the box back up and running from installing the watercooling... and assuming I don't fry the thing since I've not ever built a watercooling setup.. I'm nervous.

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double logo on boot [solved]

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