Text Garbled in B+W, but only during boot sequence...

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SKIPPER
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Text Garbled in B+W, but only during boot sequence...

Post by SKIPPER »

Text Garbled in B+W, but only during boot sequence... Once it loads into KDE everything is fine... i woudl just like to clear this up

::Edit

Reading readme and saw:

Please dont contact me saying this version gives
you garbled graphics, I already know that the console looks messy!

Doh....
Sorry about that :)
JusKickNit
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Post by JusKickNit »

I see you edited it, but it is weird the pro edition dosn't do it.
SKIPPER
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Post by SKIPPER »

The new kernel that came out to day fixed this right up :)
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Post by fuz »

I installed the new kernel and i did not even notice that fix :) haha ah well and i here i am thinking the new kernel did nothing :P

COLOURED TUX!!! thats worth 4 hours of downloading and compiling :P
SKIPPER
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Post by SKIPPER »

Heh, my little tux on the top left of the bootup screen is still b+w lol, but at least the text is clear, and it all fits on the screen... Fine with me
madskillz09022
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Post by madskillz09022 »

the reason pro didnt have the garbled graphics was cuz pro was using vesafb and home was using rivafb. and the new kernel has xboxfb which is a modified rivafb
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