Re: [aclug-L] linuxlogo

[j m wagle <jmwagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Help me understand.... I use redhat, I don't see any linuxlogo.  Is
this another debian exclusive item?? Or can those of us who use rh
see it also?
tia
mike wagle 

John Goerzen wrote:
> 
> 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
> >