Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:42:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:42:06 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:34177 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:42:05 -0500 Subject: Re: Bootscreen From: Alan Cox To: Stefan Reinauer Cc: Raphael Schmid , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" In-Reply-To: <20030128121048.GB32488@suse.de> References: <398E93A81CC5D311901600A0C9F2928946936D@cubuss2> <20030128121048.GB32488@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1043765442.8675.2.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 (1.2.1-2) Date: 28 Jan 2003 14:50:42 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 12:10, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > It's not too much to even state that almost any computer working with > Linux 2.4+ can do 800x600 or 1024x768. Anything below that can be > considered a special case, regarding the numbers out there. But that > does not influence the possibility of using a bootsplash graphics. > On a system you can't use it properly, you probably also would not > want it (i.e. use normal text mode boot instead of a framebuffer > driver) Lots of systems cannot do 800x600 or 1024x768. Some of them cannot do 640x480 very well but 640x480 is safe except for weird kit because of the VGA mode support. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/