[SOLVED] My Arch icon on booting is a mess!

chris_debian · 2009-03-10 20:30:19

Hi, all.

Just done an install of Arch on my main PC :-). When the PC boots, I get the two Arch logos at the top of my boot messages. Unlike an install on another box, they look really messy, as if the colour depth is wrong, or something.

On the test box that I used for Arch, the logo was sharp and sexy.

Does anyone know the best way to change the definition on the graphic? All other boot text if fine.

Many thanks,

Chris.

Last edited by chris_debian (2009-03-13 17:24:39)

haxit · 2009-03-10 20:39:01

This has already been said. You have dual core, so two arch logos. As for the color, that is most likely wrong fb.

dr/owned · 2009-03-10 23:58:05

fb = frame buffer incase you're wondering. Check out /boot/grub/menu.lst has a list of codes that will change the resolution and color depth of the boot screen.

chris_debian · 2009-03-11 14:42:35

Thanks, guys. Happy with each icon representing a CPU, it was the fb stuff I need to look at.

I'll check /boot/grub/menu.lst as suggested.

This looks promising:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gru … Resolution

Many thanks,

Chris.

Last edited by chris_debian (2009-03-11 14:45:08)

chris_debian · 2009-03-12 19:00:47

Well, I set mine to 323 which works, but upon reboot, for some reason the boot process ignores the line in my grub, and prompts me for a manual selection.

323 (1024x768x32) works as I said, but it gets ignored in my file. I've checked the syntax and that's correct. Have I missed something else?

Cheers,

Chris.

Inxsible · 2009-03-12 19:03:27

chris_debian wrote:

Well, I set mine to 323 which works, but upon reboot, for some reason the boot process ignores the line in my grub, and prompts me for a manual selection.
323 (1024x768x32) works as I said, but it gets ignored in my file. I've checked the syntax and that's correct. Have I missed something else?
Cheers,
Chris.

AFAIR, the grub menu.lst, 1024x768x32, the fb resolution is somewhere in the 700s. 780 something. Post your menu.lst.

If you want to use 323, I think you will need to use 0x323 to indicate that its hex

chris_debian · 2009-03-12 21:46:39

Looks something a little like this (beginning of file not shown):

#  for more details and different resolutions see
#  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Framebuffer_Resolution

# general configuration:
timeout   5
default   0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue

# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/8a7d23cb-8952-4221-8230-6b7fff74ec93 ro vga=323
initrd /kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/8a7d23cb-8952-4221-8230-6b7fff74ec93 ro vga=323
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img

# (2) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1

Cheers,

Chris.

wonder · 2009-03-12 21:55:29

replace vga=323 with vga=790

chris_debian · 2009-03-13 08:22:03

Thanks, wonder. Will try that, tonight.

Cheers,

Chris.

Preycon · 2009-03-13 16:02:55

I use vga=791 for 1024x768@32bpp

Very nice

chris_debian · 2009-03-13 17:17:04

Well I tied that, so my menu.1st looks like this:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/8a7d23cb-8952-4221-8230-6b7fff74ec93 r$
initrd /kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/8a7d23cb-8952-4221-8230-6b7fff74ec93 r$
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img

Unfortuantely I still get:

Undefined video mode 316

I'm guessing it's reading my menu.1st and ignoring it.

Any idea why?

Chris.

chris_debian · 2009-03-13 17:17:43

Preycon wrote:

I use vga=791 for 1024x768@32bpp
Very nice

Trying that, now.

chris_debian · 2009-03-13 17:24:16

791 survived two reboots, so looking good.

Thanks, everybody.

Chris.

Inxsible · 2009-03-13 17:53:57

The file name is menu.lst not 1st...but since its working for you, I guess it was only a typo. Also the file that you pasted is missing letters after the r$

$ indicates that there are additional characters beyond the screen size. if you scroll right, you will see them
you probably didnt copy the whole line.

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