Hey All!

We got penguins. Also brought the kernel up to date;

:r /proc/version
Linux version 6.1.7 (root@amyii) (gcc (GCC) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.40) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jan 23 19:57:49 UTC 2023

Also, also got sound working and added a fbdev2 mplayer so that xorg isn't required. I tested it with an avi I happen to have handy on a usb flashdisk and it played fullscreen HD (1920x1080) without any issues. 4:3 resolution is 1440x1080 on the laptop's 14" monitor.

Anything else?

Life is good,
Maurice

-o o- o- -o
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Hey Maurice!

We got penguins.

We do now. :-)

Life is good,
Maurice

-o -o o- -o
(\ (\ /) (\
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
... Ælc mann þe wisdom lufaþ biþ gesælig.
Everyone who loves wisdom is blessed.
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We got penguins.

We do now. :-)

I still don't get penguins on boot up. I'm using slackware's grub to boot.

Did you do anything special to get penguins. Not that it matters, I just like penguins. :)

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Hey Maurice!

We got penguins.

We do now. :-)

We're all onboard(s).

Life is good,
Maurice

o- -o o- -o
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^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
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Hey Alan!

I still don't get penguins on boot up. I'm using slackware's grub
to boot.

Legacy or (u)efi? I haven't checked out slackware's grub. On the one legacy boot (32-bit grub) I can't get penguins to work either. :-/

Did you do anything special to get penguins.

Yes. The three boots that work, including the laptop, I am doing uefi boots with 64-bit grub. It took some doing but was worth the effort especially on this particular machine.

Not that it matters, I just like penguins. :)

What do you think of the ascii penguins now part and parcel of WeBeBashing?

Life is good,
Maurice

o- -o o- o- o- -o -o o- o- o- o- -o -o -o o- o- /) (\ /) /) /) (\ (\ /) /) /) /) (\ (\ (\ /) /) ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Fidonet 4K - Sweet Sixteen Penguins of the Apocalypse.
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I still don't get penguins on boot up. I'm using slackware's grub
to boot.

Legacy or (u)efi? I haven't checked out slackware's grub. On the one legacy boot (32-bit grub) I can't get penguins to work either. :-/

The machine I have lfs on currently is legacy. I used to be able to choose to boot in bios mode or efi but not anymore, it's bios boot only.

My BBS machine is the opposite. It is efi only, there is no option for bios boot. That machine complains about missing fonts and it's doesn't look right but I just hit enter and it boots up fine.

My laptop is also efi only but it looks good and boots up without any complaints. I'm not sure what the difference is.

Did you do anything special to get penguins.

Yes. The three boots that work, including the laptop, I am doing uefi boots with 64-bit grub. It took some doing but was worth the effort especially on this particular machine.

I plan to put lfs on my BBS machine so I'll need to get that right.

Not that it matters, I just like penguins. :)

What do you think of the ascii penguins now part and parcel of WeBeBashing?

Looks good.

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Hey Alan!

I plan to put lfs on my BBS machine so I'll need to get that
right.

I have some oneliners that could potentially help. Most of them were gleemed from an archlinux howto.

Life is good,
Maurice

o- o- -o -o
/) /) (\ (\
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
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All in the mouth that's in the mind.
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I plan to put lfs on my BBS machine so I'll need to get that
right.

I have some oneliners that could potentially help. Most of them were gleemed from an archlinux howto.

Please do. I just booted AlienBOB's slackware64-15.0-livecd to practice my make-foo a bit on the laptop before I move to the BBS machine. I got penguins (4 of them) there.

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Hey Alan!

Please do.

The archlinux howto - a very worthwhile read - can be had at;

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface

The commands below are from the perspective of a chrooted nvme disk from a sata boot. The opposite will also apply to a properly partitioned and formatted sata disk chrooted to from a booted nvme disk. Having two differing disks is what makes this idea even better.

--- ye olde cut and paste starts ---
mkfs.vfat /dev/nvme0n1p1
install -dv /boot/{efi,grub}
mount -v -t vfat /dev/nvme0n1p1 /boot/efi

grub-install --bootloader-id=ZNVER2_NVME --recheck

cat > /etc/default/grub << "EOF"
GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_PARTUUID=false GRUB_GFXMODE=3840x2160x32,2560x1440x32,1920x1080x32,1280x800x32,1024x768x32,800x600x32,auto
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="gfxterm"
EOF

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
--- ye olde cut and paste ends ---

I REALLY need to get my grubby act together but the above does work on 3 machines here (not the BBS) which is an older machine without a proper m.2 socket for nvme disks.

I just booted AlienBOB's slackware64-15.0-livecd to practice my
make-foo a bit on the laptop before I move to the BBS machine.

Excellent idea. However I believe he is using syslinux to kick start the live system. It definetly worked here but I never tested it on the BBS which is a bios based grub.cfg.

I got penguins (4 of them) there.

Note the four ascii penguins below. Same with the laptop and the EuroPoint which are both uefi.

Life is good,
Maurice

o- o- -o -o
/) /) (\ (\
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
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A star in the heavens must shine brightly, as the Lord ordered it.
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Good ${greeting_time}, Alan!

23 Jan 2023 19:14:42, you wrote to Maurice Kinal:

We got penguins.

We do now. :-)

I still don't get penguins on boot up.

Possibly your kernel doesn't know you want to see them.

I'm using slackware's grub to boot.

Very unwise (syslinux is much better), but it shouldn't affect them.

Did you do anything special to get penguins. Not that it matters,
I just like penguins. :)

% zgrep _LOGO /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_LOGO=y
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO is not set
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16 is not set
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y


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I'm using slackware's grub to boot.

Very unwise (syslinux is much better), but it shouldn't affect them.

Did you do anything special to get penguins. Not that it matters,
I just like penguins. :)

% zgrep _LOGO /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_LOGO=y
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_MONO is not set
# CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_VGA16 is not set
CONFIG_LOGO_LINUX_CLUT224=y

I have been meaning to look at syslinux for years but I just haven't gotten to it. Once I get the kernel built I am going to grab the source and give it a try and see how it goes.

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* Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)

Please do.

The archlinux howto - a very worthwhile read - can be had at;

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface

Thanks for the info. I was looking at that when I last installed grub and was able to get booted but the uefi stuff still seems mysterious to me.

--- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-6
* Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)

Hey Alan!

I was looking at that when I last installed grub and was able to
get booted but the uefi stuff still seems mysterious to me.

I resemble that remark. Heck I still have the original backup of lilo.conf from the original CompactFlash disks in the late 1990s. 1998-ish or so. I don't recall if it had boot penguin(s).

Life is good,
Maurice

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