Arch logo not appearing when booting

Triver · 2011-08-17 22:45:23

Hi guys I know this is probably for most of you not a problem but I like the logos and want them to have at boot up

So here is my situation:
I have a Samsung N150 netbook with an Intel Atom N450 Core, a GMA3150 Accelerator and a display that supports a resolution up to 1024x600 (although it is possible under windows to put it on 1024x768 too but its not made for that and doesnt look good)
I am using grub and I have read that you need to use the frambuffer to be able to see the logos (with the parameter vga=...). However this doesnt make the logos appear, here is the vga setting that I put in the kernel line: vga=789
He also supports only a maximum solution of 800x600 when booting with grub (is there a way to make it with 1024x600?), after udev starts he sets the display resolution to 1024x600. still the logos are not there

The netbook that I had before this one (acer aspire one) did show the logos and it had a very similar hardware (atom core, gma3xxx accelerator) so I think it should be possible with this one too..

any idea what I can do?

Last edited by Triver (2011-08-17 22:46:41)

karol · 2011-08-17 22:49:53

It was removed http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 20603.html
There are some packages that enable the logo.

Last edited by karol (2011-08-17 22:54:35)

jasonwryan · 2011-08-17 22:56:40

...and a long thread here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=120516

Triver · 2011-08-17 22:58:15

did they specify a reason? I really liked it...

But the link refers to the [arch-dev-public] kernel26 2.6.38.8-1, is it also not available in the 3.0 kernel?
Also they talk about "removed custom arch boot logo", is this the same log I am talking about? (I mean the one you see on the top left side of this website that appears at the boot start)

karol · 2011-08-17 23:00:33

Long story:
- some people complained that Arch doesn't ship vanilla packages but alters them unnecessarily https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=940787

mhertz wrote:

Then, and imho even worse, xorg patched to show a different desktop background and the kernel's tux logo exchanged with an arch logo!

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24513
and a response https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24654

The xorg patch was removed too, as it wasn't needed anymore - http://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/ … 5ec326df7c
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24514

Yes, it's the same logo. No, it's unlikely to be coming back.

Last edited by karol (2011-08-17 23:02:31)

Triver · 2011-08-17 23:03:26

thx for the thoroughly answers, its really sad to hear this...I hope they will put it back in the near future or make it optional (I dont want to build an own kernel or downgrade it just for the logos, thats too pathetic for me )

karol · 2011-08-17 23:07:20

It is optional, but you do need to rebuild the kernel to get it. Not sure if the decision to remove it was correct, but I simply don't need it ;P

You can use prebuilt kernels, like https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … ge_Details

There are two modifications to the config files:
- The options that the ck patchset enable/disable.
- This change is optional for those building the package from the AUR and is enabled by default in the repo packages: return of the blue Arch logo(s) at boot up. The devs made the change first back to the vanilla tux logo, and then to no logo at all. I've always liked the original Arch logo, so I kept an option that would cause a change to the config file and am noting it here.

For Intel N450 you need linux-ck-atom ==> Intel Atom platform specific optimizations (Atoms 3xx/4xx/5xx)

Last edited by karol (2011-08-17 23:10:59)

Triver · 2011-08-17 23:17:00

ok great I think I will try it out since I dont need desperately a new kernel version when it comes out so as long as it gets updated too, I'll get it

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Arch logo not appearing when booting

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