[gentoo-user] fbsplash

[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

[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 18:21, 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

[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.
> >
> > --
> > 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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[gentoo-user] fbsplash

[twang.umn]

Hi there,

I am running gentoo on my laptop and using fbsplash when booting. Actually fbspalsh run quite good expcet one thing:  when xdm starts, it seems all the other runlevel scripts stop to continue. I need to go back to tty1, then they will start again. I don't quite understand what the problem is. Since I already set
  "SPLASH_TTYS=1,2,3,4,5,6"
In the /ect/conf.d/splash, it should not use splash on tty7,8.... But I still see the splash when I press "ctrl alt f8". Is there anything I misconfiged?

Thank you for your advice, and sorry for my poor english. And hope it will not bother you so much.

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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Mick]

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On Saturday 20 October 2007, twang.umn@gmail.com wrote:

> Since I already set "SPLASH_TTYS=1,2,3,4,5,6"
> In the /ect/conf.d/splash, it should not use splash on tty7,8.... But I
> still see the splash when I press "ctrl alt f8". Is there anything I
> misconfiged?

Did you have a look at the ebuild notes after you emerged splashutils:
=================================================
 * Please note that the 'fbsplash' kernel patch has now been renamed to
 * 'fbcondecor'.  Accordingly, the old 'splash' initscript is now called
 * 'fbcondecor'.  Make sure you update your system.  See:
 *     http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/fbcondecor/#history
 * for further info about the name changes.
 * 
 * Also note that splash_util has now been split into splash_util, fbsplashd
 * and fbcondecor_ctl.
=================================================

The latest stable splashutils (1.5.2.1) introduced /etc/conf.d/fbcondecor.  
Have you tried specifying your tty's in there?

Hope this helps.
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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[twang.umn]

It works now.

Thanks!!

I am just curious: can we just delete /etc/conf.d/splash file?
On 08:11 Mon 22 Oct     , Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 20 October 2007, twang.umn@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Since I already set "SPLASH_TTYS=1,2,3,4,5,6"
> > In the /ect/conf.d/splash, it should not use splash on tty7,8.... But I
> > still see the splash when I press "ctrl alt f8". Is there anything I
> > misconfiged?
> 
> Did you have a look at the ebuild notes after you emerged splashutils:
> =================================================
>  * Please note that the 'fbsplash' kernel patch has now been renamed to
>  * 'fbcondecor'.  Accordingly, the old 'splash' initscript is now called
>  * 'fbcondecor'.  Make sure you update your system.  See:
>  *     http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/fbcondecor/#history
>  * for further info about the name changes.
>  * 
>  * Also note that splash_util has now been split into splash_util, fbsplashd
>  * and fbcondecor_ctl.
> =================================================
> 
> The latest stable splashutils (1.5.2.1) introduced /etc/conf.d/fbcondecor.  
> Have you tried specifying your tty's in there?
> 
> Hope this helps.
> -- 
> Regards,
> Mick



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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[Mick]

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On Monday 22 October 2007, twang.umn@gmail.com wrote:
> It works now.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> I am just curious: can we just delete /etc/conf.d/splash file?

I still have mine, but had to remove splash from the rc-update default level.
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Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash

[twang.umn]

On 20:00 Mon 22 Oct     , Mick wrote:
> On Monday 22 October 2007, twang.umn@gmail.com wrote:
> > It works now.
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> > I am just curious: can we just delete /etc/conf.d/splash file?
> 
> I still have mine, but had to remove splash from the rc-update default level.
> -- 
> Regards,
> Mick

What is you error? Does the booting just stop at a certain point? Since I found that if I got an error message, the booting will pause until you go back to that terminal. But I have no clue to solve that problem.

If you just want to get rid of bufferframe at tty 8,9. I think you need set the value as 
SPLASH_TTYS="1 2 3 4 5 6"


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[gentoo-user] Fbsplash

[John]

Since upgrading my kernel to .39 my beloved splash screen has stopped
working. I have followed guidelines in wiki that someone has very kindly
written. Reverting back to older kernel the splash screen works as
expected. I've tried this on 2 machines. I have seen somewhere that a
patch is added to kernel to help this. Is this included in .39?

I believe the issue maybe due to /sbin/fbcondecor_helper in initrd but
not really too sure. My debugging skills are lacking somewhat. 

Has anyone else experienced this and can anyone offer an alternative
method for producing splash.

I am currently using vesafb and splash_geninitramfs to create splash
screens?



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Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash

[Dale]

John wrote:
> Since upgrading my kernel to .39 my beloved splash screen has stopped
> working. I have followed guidelines in wiki that someone has very kindly
> written. Reverting back to older kernel the splash screen works as
> expected. I've tried this on 2 machines. I have seen somewhere that a
> patch is added to kernel to help this. Is this included in .39?
>
> I believe the issue maybe due to /sbin/fbcondecor_helper in initrd but
> not really too sure. My debugging skills are lacking somewhat.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this and can anyone offer an alternative
> method for producing splash.
>
> I am currently using vesafb and splash_geninitramfs to create splash
> screens?
>
>    

I have noticed that people seem to have various issues with .39.  Maybe 
roll back to a older kernel and give it a few versions to get some fixes 
in.  I had X issues, someone else had some network issue and someone 
else has some other odd issue.  I think .39 is currently a lemon.

If you can make it with the old .38 version, I would.  At least for a 
little bit anyway.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 23 June 2011 17:28:15 Dale did opine thusly:
> John wrote:
> > Since upgrading my kernel to .39 my beloved splash screen has
> > stopped working. I have followed guidelines in wiki that
> > someone has very kindly written. Reverting back to older kernel
> > the splash screen works as expected. I've tried this on 2
> > machines. I have seen somewhere that a patch is added to kernel
> > to help this. Is this included in .39?
> > 
> > I believe the issue maybe due to /sbin/fbcondecor_helper in
> > initrd but not really too sure. My debugging skills are lacking
> > somewhat.
> > 
> > Has anyone else experienced this and can anyone offer an
> > alternative method for producing splash.
> > 
> > I am currently using vesafb and splash_geninitramfs to create
> > splash screens?
> 
> I have noticed that people seem to have various issues with .39. 
> Maybe roll back to a older kernel and give it a few versions to get
> some fixes in.  I had X issues, someone else had some network issue
> and someone else has some other odd issue.  I think .39 is
> currently a lemon.
> 
> If you can make it with the old .38 version, I would.  At least for
> a little bit anyway.

.39 screwed up my nouveau frame buffer, took a lot of frantic hit and 
miss with graphics options to get it back.

.38 was rock-solid

I wonder what 3.0 will be like


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Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash

[Mark Knecht]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>
> I wonder what 3.0 will be like
>
Newer... ;-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash

[Dale]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Alan McKinnon<alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>  wrote:
> <SNIP>
>    
>> I wonder what 3.0 will be like
>>
>>      
> Newer... ;-)
>
>    

Newer problems right?  :-P

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash

[JDM]

Oh well, will revert back to stable kernel to get my wonderful gensplash. No doubt 3.0 will bring plenty of gremlins. May have a play with initramfs. It sounds impressive anyway  
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Sent: 24 Jun 2011 00:02

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Alan McKinnon<alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>  wrote:
> <SNIP>
>    
>> I wonder what 3.0 will be like
>>
>>      
> Newer... ;-)
>
>    

Newer problems right?  :-P

Dale

:-)  :-)



JDM