[arch-dev-public] colour Kernel framebuffer logo

[Aaron Griffin]

On Jan 25, 2008 4:49 PM, Damir Perisa <damir.perisa at solnet.ch> wrote:
> Friday 25 January 2008, Thayer Williams wrote:
>  | On Jan 25, 2008 12:53 AM PST, Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de>
> wrote:
>  | > Hi
>  | > I am fine with any logo, please just provide me 3 files as i
>  | > need them. thanks
>  | > greetings
>  | > tpowa
>  |
>  | All three versions of the kernel logo are available here:
>  |
>  | http://dev.archlinux.org/~thayer/art/kernel/archer-80x80-white/
>  |
>  | I am not able to test the vga16 or monochrome versions, but it
>  | looks to me like we're not even building the kernel with support
>  | for these formats.  For example, the kernel config in abs says:
>  |
>  | # CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set
>  | CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
>  |
>  | The CONFIG_FBCON_MFB flag (for monochrome support) appears to be
>  | missing entirely.
>  |
>  | Anyway, the new logos are 80x80, adhering to the default tux
>  | dimensions.
>  |
>  | Let me know if you guys have any questions or requests.
>  |
>  | Cheers
>
> hi Thayer,
> hi Tobias,
> hi all,
>
> i've made the 224 and 16 colour logo file for the kernel26 in colour
> (yours is white, i would say that if we have colours and the logo is
> in colour, we should use them - you agree?) and have tested both.
> they work, Tobias, you can find them here for replacement of the old
> logo in kernel26:
>
> http://dev.archlinux.org/~damir/temp/new_logo/
>
> with the mono logo i have serious trouble: i cannot make the new logo
> look nice in 1-bit space, it has edges and slopes that are hard to
> show nicely in 120 x 120 px without aesthetic errors. but as the
> monochrome framebuffer is anyway not built, i would not see this as
> something urgent.
>
> @Tobias: feel free to replace the old logo by the new one

Uh, hold the phone here. I thought we explicitly brought Thayer on as
our resident graphics guy.