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 4.54) id 1FA3Nc-0002Tm-Fx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:02:28 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1HB1RKC025159; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:01:27 GMT Received: from smtp1.iway.na (smtp1.iway.na [196.44.136.15]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1HAuPHJ027571 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:56:26 GMT Received: from vscan.iway.na ([196.44.136.13]) by smtp1.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id IUTVQ003.FLP for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:56:24 +0200 Received: from mx2.iway.na (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vscan.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F271AF44 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:56:23 +0200 (WAST) Received: from uwix.alt.na ([196.44.156.149]) by mx2.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id IUTVPZ03.61K for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:56:23 +0200 Received: from uwe by uwix.alt.na with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FA2Wa-0006kV-7l for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:07:40 +0200 From: Uwe Thiem Organization: SysEx (Pty) Ltd. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:07:40 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200602171058.57450.uwix@iway.na> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200602171207.40209.uwix@iway.na> Sender: Uwe Thiem X-Archives-Salt: 7df19470-7aa5-4686-8704-82886480b459 X-Archives-Hash: c648700d471045566037732ce1f27476 On 17 February 2006 11:16, Marco Calviani wrote: > Hi Uwe, > > > It makes sure the splash screen start as early as possible (don't forget > > the "quiet" option). On my systems, it starts immediately after the > > kernel and the initrd are loaded. > > > > Kernel panic ... hm ... > > > > How did you generate your initrd? Maybe, it doesn't contain "linuxrc" > > which does all the magic before it hands over to the real init process. > > i've created the initrd as indicated in the howto mentioned above, that is > with: > > # splash_geninitramfs -g /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1024x768 -v -r > 1024x768 emergence Try: genkernel --gensplash=emergence --gensplash-res=1024x768 initrd genkernel puts all those nifty little things in your initrd. You could add "--menuconfig" if you want to check your kernel options. Look up the exact name of the generated initrd in /boot and adjust your grub entry accordingly. Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list