[gentoo-user] splash screen on bootup

[gentoo-user] splash screen on bootup

[c.s.prakash]

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i had installed gentoo without splash screen on boot up (ie., bootsplash)
how can i configure now

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C.S.Prakash

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Re: [gentoo-user] splash screen on bootup

[Masood Ahmed]

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c.s.prakash wrote:
> i had installed gentoo without splash screen on boot up (ie., bootsplash)
> how can i configure now
> 
Hi Prakash,
	Gentoo developers have discontinued the support fo bootsplash,
i.e., the gentoo kernel sources do not contain bootsplash patches.
You've to use fbsplash (splashutils) instead..

Check out : http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash

	Also note that you can emerge boolsplash-themes, they'll get
automatically get converted to splashutils themes..

Bye,
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GCC version   : 4.0.2 (Gentoo 4.0.2-r3, pie-8.7.8)
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Re: [gentoo-user] splash screen on bootup

[Christoph Eckert]

> i had installed gentoo without splash screen on boot up (ie.,
> bootsplash) how can i configure now

search for gensplash.


Best regards


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Re: [gentoo-user] splash screen on bootup

[Uwe Klosa]

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Have a look at these HOWTOs

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Splash_image_in_GRUB

Cheers
Uwe

c.s.prakash wrote:
> i had installed gentoo without splash screen on boot up (ie., bootsplash)
> how can i configure now
> 
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> C.S.Prakash

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Re: [gentoo-user] splash screen on bootup

[Uwe Thiem]

On 04 March 2006 15:25, c.s.prakash wrote:
> i had installed gentoo without splash screen on boot up (ie., bootsplash)
> how can i configure now

Don't use bootsplash; that's obsolete. Instead, use just "splash".

Emerge splash and whatever theme you want.

Emerge, if you haven't done so, genkernel. Use genkernel to create an initrd 
(actually, initramfs) for you even if you haven't used genernel for compiling 
the kernel:

genkernel --gensplash=your_theme --gensplash-res=1024x768 initrd

Replace "your_theme" and "1024x768" with your preferred settings. Add 
"--menuconfig" to the option if you want to look up your kernel configuration 
again, but if you change it you must also compile a new kernel. Inside the 
kernel, you need support for the framebuffer and for splash.

Assuming you are using grub as a boot loader, you need an entry in grub.conf 
like this:

title= NOS - The Namibian Office Solution by SysEx (Pty) Ltd.
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 
init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda2 quiet udev CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 
video=vesafb:ywrap,1024x768-16@85 splash=silent,theme:sysex
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6

Obviously, you have to adjust devices, kernel version, initrd version, theme 
and resolution to your liking.

Voila!

Uwe

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