Re: [aclug-L] linuxlogo

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Look for an /etc/init.d/linuxlogo file, but furst, try dpkg --purge
linuxlogo.

-- John

Seth Turner <spiff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> When I first began toying with linux, I thought the linuxlogo, while crude 
> was aneat little thing.  Now that I am a bit farther along, I still like it, 
> but it
> is reporting the wrong information (still showing info from a kernel back as 
> well as the wrong RAM amount) so I did a dpkg -r linuxlogo and thought all 
> wouldbe well. 
> 
> Dang thing is still hanging around.  Thought I would outsmart it and put the 
> newer version included with Slink in so did a dpkg -i linuxlogo*.deb and ended
> up with the debian instead of linux, which is fine and it shows correctly, 
> however, I still end up with the old linuxlogo (linux) showing up at login 
> with the new version a screen above it.  Again trying to think it through, 
> rememberedback to initial installation and the fact that I had modified the 
> /etc/rc*.d to have the old one show up later in the boot sequence so I kindly 
> moved all 
> references to linuxlogo into another folder just in case it messed things up. 
> Now, it still shows up and I am beginning to think it is some kind of 
> "newbie" 
> joke.  Sort of like roaches, only I don't have a kill for it.
> 
> Anyway, does anyone have advice on how to NUKE the old linuxlogo while keeping
> the new one, or perhaps even remove both of them allowing me to reinstall the 
> newer version once I know the old one is gone?
> 
> tia,
> spiff
> 

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John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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