Posted on 2nd December 2009 by biohazards in Operation System
boot, bootloader, bootsplash, cpio, gfxmenu, grub, linux, mandriva, menu.lst, ubuntu
When your Mandriva booting with grub loader, there is a nice background picture on it. But, maybe we not always comfortable with that picture. As a simple human being, is a normal situation when we not satisfied with something that was not going like what we want (actually, we never satisfied about everything).
So, in this post, I try to share to you how to edit that “boot-splash“. At the first time, I did a little bit confuse. Because in Mandriva, is more complex than bootsplash on Ubuntu. In Ubuntu we just can edit the “/boot/grub/menu.lst” file, and add this command :
splashimage (hd0,x)/boot/image_file.so
But in Mandriva there is steps to change, so lets get in on…
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Posted on 23rd November 2009 by biohazards in Driver |Hardware |Operation System
computer, Driver, install, linux, mandriva, onno w. purbo, sis, sisimedia, suse, ubuntu, vga, x11
Maybe you still remember about my recent post about SiS VGA card that doenst support 3D at Linux. Now, i’ve got a new solution for this problem. Actually, it’s not my idea. I try this after had a little discussion with Mr. Onno W. Purbo. Yeah, the most famous linux expert in Indonesia.
He told me, there is a very simple solution for SiS VGA. You just have to find a xorg.conf file from any SiS VGA that works in Linux, and then copy it into your X11 directory… (more…)
