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From: "Claudio Roberto França Pereira" <spideybr@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: In TTYs, pinguins remain
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:34:57
Message-Id: CAGo3Weo61DjM2S5WpNqFpYC-U+GHrFyCunZSSq96oUCr-Fz7Ug@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: In TTYs, pinguins remain by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 13:59, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
2 > On 15/02/12 17:49, LK wrote:
3 >>
4 >> Hi,
5 >> 12
6 >> In TTYs, the penguins you see on top of the
7 >> booting process remain.
8 >
9 >
10 > Disable the "Bootup logo" option in your kernel:
11 >
12 > Device Drivers -> Graphics support -> Bootup logo
13 >
14 >
15 >
16 >> Then in less, i cannot scroll
17 >> upwards, which sucks using man and like that.
18 >
19 >
20 > That is another issue.  You need to select the pager you want with eselect:
21 >
22 >  eselect pager list
23 >
24 > gives you a list of possible choices.  The usual choice is using the "less"
25 > tool as pager (/usr/bin/less).  So simply set that with "eselect pager set
26 > [number]".  Refresh your environment (by sourcing /etc/profile or simply
27 > logging out and back in again.)
28 >
29 >
30
31 The penguin remaining on the screen seems to be some framebuffer
32 witchery, like decorations or some background. The framebuffer
33 provided penguins scrolls fast as the system boot messages flood the
34 screen.
35
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37 Claudio Roberto França Pereira