Installation notes for Linux Progress Patch
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- uncompress appropriate linux source (latest supported to this date is 2.4.28)
  usually:
  $ tar -xzvf linux-2.4.28.tar.gz
  or
  $ tar -xjvf linux-2.4.28.tar.bz2
- patch the linux sources with the appropriate gzip'd patch file
  usually:
  $ cd linux-2.4.28/
  $ gunzip -c patch-linux-lpp-2.4.28.gz | patch -p1
- configure your kernel, with the following options:
  * Code maturity -> prompt for development code
  * Console drivers -> Frame-buffer support -> Support for fb devices
  * Console drivers -> Frame-buffer support -> VESA VGA graphics console
    (or your particular hardware frame-buffer support if available)
  * Console drivers -> Frame-buffer support -> Linux Progress Patch
- compile and install your kernel as usual
- configure your boot loader with the following options to the kernel:
  * console=/dev/tty11 CONSOLE=/dev/tty11 (redirects kernel messages to another
    console)
    or
    console=/dev/vc/11 CONSOLE=/dev/vc/11 (same with DevFS)
  * vga=0x301 (for a resolution of 640x480 and 256 colors)
- patch your system init files (look in the Debian section for a sample one)
- copy the file "progress.dat" to /etc


The default image is taken from a GDM theme downloaded under a free license on
some GNOME-specific theming site. It seems to be taken from the "Punisher"
movie, though I haven't ever heard of it in any other way. If copyrighted this
image belongs then to its original author (no news I guess).

One can of course modify this image. I haven't been able to use another size or
color depth for a few kernel versions. You can use any image of 640x480 pixels,
in indexed mode (no more than 223 colors). You need fblogo to do this, and the
original instructions from the initial LPP project. I'll post them here if
they can't be found anymore on the net (which is about to happen afaics).