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 1HaMeu-0005Rj-IO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 01:57:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l381uxji007221; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 01:56:59 GMT Received: from smtp161.iad.emailsrvr.com (smtp161.iad.emailsrvr.com [207.97.245.161]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l381uwYp007199 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 01:56:58 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.106] (c-24-34-179-5.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.34.179.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: ddrake@brontes3d.com) by relay6.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 41DDB6622FC; Sat, 7 Apr 2007 21:56:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46184BDD.2010708@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:56:45 -0400 From: Daniel Drake User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (X11/20070208) 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 To: Jimmy.Jazz@gmx.net CC: 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 References: <45FFB9FC.4000209@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <45FFB9FC.4000209@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f18e6d28-b1a9-4e19-a4ae-28ac9f3b45e0 X-Archives-Hash: bf16a9a7b48f5df6c200b6e7c23588a4 Jimmy Jazz wrote: > I'm using gensplash during the earlier boot process (initramfs) and > before switching to the real root partition (switch_root). > It behaves normally in silent mode, i mean i have the gentoo logo, the > alt+F1 message and the vertical purple bar on the screen, right after > the framebuffer (radeonfb) and vtcon are both activated. > But issuing alt+F1 and switching to the verbose mode doesn't give me the > vertical purple bar and therefore i'm not able to switch back in silent > mode again. Alt+F1 key seems to become inactive. I think F2 is the keypress you are looking for. Daniel -- gentoo-kernel@gentoo.org mailing list