[gentoo-user] Grub config

[gentoo-user] Grub config

[Simon Windsor]

Hi

I have just rebuilt my mine desktop from Fedora to Gentoo.

Everything appears to work well, but I am a bit puzzled by Grub.

I have used Genkernel to build the kernel, so my Grub config file,
grub.conf, is

---------------------------------
default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/spash.xpn.gz

title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0
init=/linuxrc /ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev vga=791
initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
----------------------------------

What argument should I add to the kernel line so that Gentoo starts with
a splash screen and the kernel shells support my 1024/768 display.

All the best

Simon 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Grub config

[xav guerin]

Hello,

I think your  grub.conf splashimage line is quite strange, it's
usually an xpm.gz and not an xpn.gz .

Xavier Guerin 

2005/7/9, Simon Windsor <simon.windsor@cornfield.org.uk>:
> Hi
> 
> I have just rebuilt my mine desktop from Fedora to Gentoo.
> 
> Everything appears to work well, but I am a bit puzzled by Grub.
> 
> I have used Genkernel to build the kernel, so my Grub config file,
> grub.conf, is
> 
> ---------------------------------
> default 0
> timeout 30
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/spash.xpn.gz
> 
> title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0
> init=/linuxrc /ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev vga=791
> initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
> ----------------------------------
> 
> What argument should I add to the kernel line so that Gentoo starts with
> a splash screen and the kernel shells support my 1024/768 display.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Simon
> 
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> Simon Windsor
> 
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> Tel: 01454 617689
> Mob: 07960 321599
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Re: [gentoo-user] Grub config

[Simon Windsor]

Hi

Thanks, well spotted.

Typical, you spend hours looking at simple problem, checking the web,
etc, and you ask for help and someone spots a trivial spelling mistake
in a few seconds!

Many thanks,

Simon

On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 16:08 +0200, xav guerin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I think your  grub.conf splashimage line is quite strange, it's
> usually an xpm.gz and not an xpn.gz .
> 
> Xavier Guerin 
> 
> 2005/7/9, Simon Windsor <simon.windsor@cornfield.org.uk>:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I have just rebuilt my mine desktop from Fedora to Gentoo.
> > 
> > Everything appears to work well, but I am a bit puzzled by Grub.
> > 
> > I have used Genkernel to build the kernel, so my Grub config file,
> > grub.conf, is
> > 
> > ---------------------------------
> > default 0
> > timeout 30
> > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/spash.xpn.gz
> > 
> > title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3
> > root (hd0,0)
> > kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0
> > init=/linuxrc /ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev vga=791
> > initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
> > ----------------------------------
> > 
> > What argument should I add to the kernel line so that Gentoo starts with
> > a splash screen and the kernel shells support my 1024/768 display.
> > 
> > All the best
> > 
> > Simon
> > 
> > --
> > Simon Windsor
> > 
> > Eml: simon.windsor@cornfield.org.uk
> > Tel: 01454 617689
> > Mob: 07960 321599
> > 
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> > 
> >
> 
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[gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Uwe Thiem]

Hi folks,

"verbose mode" of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2 during 
the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the background is 
black instead of showing my specified picture. Same behaviour for the themes 
emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a couple of kernels, so I am not 
too sure when it started. Current kernel is 2.6.12-r4.

Anybody else seeing this?

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Richard Fish]

Uwe Thiem wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>"verbose mode" of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2 during 
>the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the background is 
>black instead of showing my specified picture. Same behaviour for the themes 
>emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a couple of kernels, so I am not 
>too sure when it started. Current kernel is 2.6.12-r4.
>
>Anybody else seeing this?
>
>  
>

Not happening to me.  What are your kernel boot options?  Does
specifying verbose there work?

-Richard

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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Uwe Thiem]

On Sunday 10 July 2005 18:21, Richard Fish wrote:
> Uwe Thiem wrote:
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >"verbose mode" of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2
> > during the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the
> > background is black instead of showing my specified picture. Same
> > behaviour for the themes emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a
> > couple of kernels, so I am not too sure when it started. Current kernel
> > is 2.6.12-r4.
> >
> >Anybody else seeing this?
>
> Not happening to me.  What are your kernel boot options?  Does
> specifying verbose there work?

No, doesn't work either.

The options are pretty much out of HOWTO.fbsplash:
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r4 root=/dev/hda2 CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 udev 
video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@85 splash=silent,theme:sysex
initrd /boot/fbsplash-sysex-1024x768

I just added "udev" for obvious reasons and "CONSOLE" because the kernel 
complained about that option missing (plus, "silent mode" didn't work without 
it either). Could reduce bpp to 16 or some such but then again, why would 
"silent" work while "verbose" doesn't?

I've got another box where everything still works. That one runs an older 
kernel (2.6.9-r3). So I guess it's kernel dependent.

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Manuel McLure]

Uwe Thiem wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> "verbose mode" of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2 during 
> the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the background is 
> black instead of showing my specified picture. Same behaviour for the themes 
> emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a couple of kernels, so I am not 
> too sure when it started. Current kernel is 2.6.12-r4.

If you switch to 2.6.12 from 2.6.11 you will need to remerge splashutils
and rebuild your bootsplash ramdisk, since the splash protocol has
changed. I saw the same problem with 2.6.12. The new splashutils ebuild
has the following to say:

    * If you upgrade your kernel from pre-2.6.12 to 2.6.12 or higher, please
    * make sure that you remerge this package and rebuild your initrds. You
    * can use the splash_geninitramfs script to do that.


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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Uwe Thiem]

On Sunday 10 July 2005 18:39, Manuel McLure wrote:
> Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > "verbose mode" of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2
> > during the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the
> > background is black instead of showing my specified picture. Same
> > behaviour for the themes emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a
> > couple of kernels, so I am not too sure when it started. Current kernel
> > is 2.6.12-r4.
>
> If you switch to 2.6.12 from 2.6.11 you will need to remerge splashutils
> and rebuild your bootsplash ramdisk, since the splash protocol has
> changed. I saw the same problem with 2.6.12. The new splashutils ebuild
> has the following to say:
>
>     * If you upgrade your kernel from pre-2.6.12 to 2.6.12 or higher,
> please * make sure that you remerge this package and rebuild your initrds.
> You * can use the splash_geninitramfs script to do that.

Still no joy. Same behaviour as before. :-(

Actually, I wouldn't give a rat's ass for it but this is for a customer, and 
looks are important.

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Manuel McLure]

Uwe Thiem wrote:
> Still no joy. Same behaviour as before. :-(
> 
> Actually, I wouldn't give a rat's ass for it but this is for a customer, and 
> looks are important.

Did you update the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to
linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r4? The splashutils ebuild uses that to figure out
what kernel to build against.

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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Uwe Thiem]

On Sunday 10 July 2005 21:07, Manuel McLure wrote:
> Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > Still no joy. Same behaviour as before. :-(
> >
> > Actually, I wouldn't give a rat's ass for it but this is for a customer,
> > and looks are important.
>
> Did you update the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to
> linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r4? The splashutils ebuild uses that to figure out
> what kernel to build against.
>
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> ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law,
> no man may kill a cat.                       -- H.P. Lovecraft

Yes, of course I did.

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Canek Peláez]

Did you created /dev/tty1? From the ebuild:

 * It appears that the /dev/tty1 character device doesn't exist on
 * the root filesystem. This will prevent the silent mode from working
 * properly. You can fix the problem by doing:
 *   mount --bind / /lib/splash/tmp
 *   mknod /lib/splash/tmp/dev/tty1 c 4 1
 *   umount /lib/splash/tmp

That did the trick for me.

Canek

On 7/10/05, Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na> wrote:
> On Sunday 10 July 2005 21:07, Manuel McLure wrote:
> > Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > > Still no joy. Same behaviour as before. :-(
> > >
> > > Actually, I wouldn't give a rat's ass for it but this is for a customer,
> > > and looks are important.
> >
> > Did you update the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to
> > linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r4? The splashutils ebuild uses that to figure out
> > what kernel to build against.
> >
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> > Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW <manuel@mclure.org> <http://www.mclure.org>
> > ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law,
> > no man may kill a cat.                       -- H.P. Lovecraft
> 
> Yes, of course I did.
> 
> Uwe
> 
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> developers. - Linus Torvalds
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> 


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Re: [gentoo-user] Grub config

[Tony Davison]

On Saturday 09 July 2005 14:54, Simon Windsor wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just rebuilt my mine desktop from Fedora to Gentoo.
>
> Everything appears to work well, but I am a bit puzzled by Grub.
>
> I have used Genkernel to build the kernel, so my Grub config file,
> grub.conf, is
>
> ---------------------------------
> default 0
> timeout 30
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/spash.xpn.gz
>
> title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0
> init=/linuxrc /ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev vga=791
> initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
> ----------------------------------
>
> What argument should I add to the kernel line so that Gentoo starts
> with a splash screen and the kernel shells support my 1024/768
> display.
>
> All the best
>
Try :-
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash#What_is_gensplash.3F
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