[gentoo-user] X11 + framebuffer - does it work?

[Rohit and Bhavana <bhavhit@tiscali.co.uk>]

Hi,

Is there anyone on the list who has the following configured on their
workstations?

    * bootsplash giving them a nice picture at the startup [ in runlevel
      boot]
    * bootsplash giving them a nice picture later [ in runlevel default]
    * Then X11 starting on their nvidia card configured with xf86 or
      xorg with X working in default runlevel
    * Switching back to consol with control-alt-F[n] and being able to
      work without locking up your box - and without framebuffer corruption.

What I want to do is have my virtual consoles [alt-F1 through to alt-FN
except for F7 of course] having individual pretty images on each of
them, and X windows working at the same time.

Is it even possible?

If yes, then if you know anyone has everything working, I would be
obliged to note the version numbers etc and any pointers.

I have looked at the net [I must admit, not in the last two weeks
though] and was baffled by the following.

- framebuffer corruption just wouldn't go away.
- machine lockups
- many a times, no errors but the framebuffer image still wouldn't show
up at the startup
- not being clear about difference between gensplash and bootsplash
[they seem to serve the same purpose] which one should I use on my
system. Should I emerge one, or both or one of them and themes for both?
[You can tell how confused I am].

I know this is long - so if you can take some patient time out for me, I
would be very grateful. Else I could use any pointers/links given by you
on my own time.

Time to rebuild my box is close anyway - need to repartition whole thing
to make more room for Oracle/Gentoo and MySQL/Gentoo.

Best regards,
Rohit
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