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 1FA69R-0007MW-SQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:00:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1HDv3OF000405; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:57:03 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 k1HDoGpB004862 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:50:18 GMT Received: from vscan.iway.na ([196.44.136.13]) by smtp1.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id IUU3RR00.INM for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:50:15 +0200 Received: from mx2.iway.na (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vscan.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 676D21AF44 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:50:14 +0200 (WAST) Received: from uwix.alt.na ([196.44.156.179]) by mx2.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id IUU3RQ02.M2M for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:50:14 +0200 Received: from uwe by uwix.alt.na with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FA5wa-0007Zo-KW for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:46:44 +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 15:46:44 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200602171207.40209.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: <200602171546.44603.uwix@iway.na> Sender: Uwe Thiem X-Archives-Salt: bf3c95ff-b794-4f7c-98dd-8e7793a2bba9 X-Archives-Hash: d4387fcc9674655400c938f344e0b9e5 On 17 February 2006 13:10, Marco Calviani wrote: > Hi Uwe, > > > 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. > > the fact is that i didn't use genkernel to build my actual kernel. I > think it is not possible to use in the way you told me...... Yes, it is. You can use genkernel to create your initrd without haven used it for the kernel itself. Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list