Fedora 10 boot screen

[Shannon McMackin]

phil smith wrote:
> Gregory Hosler wrote:
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>> Hi all,
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>> I have installed F-10 on several machines. A HP proliant, a T42, and a 
>> Dell D620
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>> On the T42, when it's booting, there's a nice graphical (kinda like a 
>> blue
>> planet exploding :) in the lower right. There is also a back splash 
>> with the
>> Fedora logo (centered, and smallish), with a progress bar (centered) 
>> just below
>> that.
>>
>> On the other 2 installations, There's this quarter inch / 2cm high 
>> progress
>> meter bar that spans the width of the screen.
>>
>> I'd like to get the what I see on the T42 (splash screen, graphical 
>> UI) on my
>> other installations.
>>
>> I've tried copying the grub files from /usr/share/grub/i386-redhat/, 
>> reinstalling the MBR.
>>
>> I've checksum'ed the files in /boot/grub, and aside from grub.conf, 
>> the files are bit for
>> bit, byte for byte identical...
>>
>> I can't see what's causing/allowing the T42 to have the fancier boot 
>> screen...
>>
>> Anyone know about this?
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> - -Greg
>>
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>> Please also check the log file at "/dev/null" for additional information.
>>                 (from /var/log/Xorg.setup.log)
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>> | Greg Hosler                                   ghosler at redhat.com    |
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> google plymouth boot screen work arounds ;-)
> 
Simply, add a VGA= statement to your kernel line in /etc/grub.conf.  On 
my T61 it's 0x318.  If you add VGA=ASK, it'll prompt you with a list of 
resolutions and depth.