From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HuaZ9-000336-9K for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:51:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l52KoUM5021453; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 20:50:30 GMT Received: from ipn26-148.piekary.net (ipn26-148.piekary.net [83.238.26.148]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l52KoUSW021448 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 20:50:30 GMT Received: by ipn26-148.piekary.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2DDE01E15C1B; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 22:50:02 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 22:50:02 +0200 From: Michal Januszewski To: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] I'm not able to get the vertical bar with gensplash after issuing alt+f1 key during the earlier boot stage Message-ID: <20070602205002.GC12155@spock.one.pl> References: <45FFB9FC.4000209@gmx.net> <46184BDD.2010708@gentoo.org> <461BA6BE.4090509@gmx.net> <20070411093231.GA26586@spock.one.pl> <465EE88C.7030100@gmx.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-kernel@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-kernel@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <465EE88C.7030100@gmx.net> X-PGP-Key: http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/spock.gpg User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Archives-Salt: ab46c429-78f8-4837-b6b5-2c38bcf6ce9b X-Archives-Hash: 7e85d77a98c37947ce31f8731fc02522 --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 05:23:56PM +0200, Jimmy Jazz wrote: Hi, > > Are you sure you have compiled splashutils with fbsplash-support enable= d? > > =20 > No alas, since my kernel is now "full modular" (even vtcon and fb). It wo= rks well.=20 > As soon as readeonfb and vtcon are loaded, the splash screen appears on t= he=20 > display (the one with the alt-F1 comment of course). I get even more=20 > "visible" memory for free than before. Also, i tried to activate fbsplash > support in the kernel as well with a little hack in Kconfig (depends on= =20 > FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE && !FB_TILEBLITTING). With or without modules i=20 > couldn't compile the kernel. That's why i'm still using=20 > media-gfx/splashutils-1.3.1. For example, con2fb_map is not found by=20 > the "linker". Fbsplash doesn't work as a module, it can only be used when fbcon is compiled into the kernel.=20 =20 > Just a comment about how you built fbsplash.=20 > Why not include splash_helper code directly in a kernel module, instead t= o=20 > call /sbin/splash_helper ? If you want to have splash_helper's functionality _inside_ the kernel, just use bootsplash. Putting userspace stuff, like JPEG and PNG decoders, where it belongs (i.e. userspace) was the most fundamental=20 design idea behind splashutils :) =20 > I didn't use /sbin/splash_util.static at all during the boot process. I > wasn't able to implement it very well and got many freezes. I didn't > find out what was going on :( Perhaps some problems with the pipe file > !? If i get more time i will investigate it. Perhaps, but putting it inside an initramfs isn't a very good idea. It would be better to aim for a very fast boot during the early-userspace stage and to let the splash daemon be started the normal way (i.e. by the Gentoo baselayout scripts). =20 > With splashutils 1.3.1 everything is working well except the icons. > Indeed, xdm icon appears every now and then and hides the other icons. > Certainly, due to the fact 1.3.1 splashutils release doesn't support > livecd-2007.0 . Right, that's a problem with how anims are handled in 1.3.1 and it's indeed fixed in 1.4.2. =20 > If you accept suggestions, i emit this one : It would be great if > fbsplash could be loaded as a module and would accept vtcon and fb as > modules too :) I'll keep that in mind and maybe implement it when I have some more free time. Have you had a chance to try splashutils 1.4.2 with baselayout-2*? If so, did it fix the missing-splash-screen problem? Best regards. --=20 Michal Januszewski JID: spock@im.gentoo.org Gentoo Linux Developer http://people.gentoo.org/spock --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGYdf6aQ0HSaOUe+YRAkRUAJ0Yob+eo8k7/FdELL7IsZtGxh+lPwCeLF8R W2d/OtSPD1Gbwep2VhN8QxY= =8aJa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb-- -- gentoo-kernel@gentoo.org mailing list