[gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

[gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

[Mark Knecht]

Hi,
   The Gentoo Wiki page lists two different entries for doing
framebuffer setup. I've never used framebuffers and wanted to check it
out. Which is more appropriate for a new installation of 2007.0 on an
older machine? (Athlon XP 1600+ with an NVidia GeForce4 MX 4000)

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash

   Why aren't these Wiki pages dated or am I missing that?

Thanks,
Mark
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[gentoo-user] Re: 1st time framebuffer setup

[Mark Knecht]

On 6/21/07, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>    The Gentoo Wiki page lists two different entries for doing
> framebuffer setup. I've never used framebuffers and wanted to check it
> out. Which is more appropriate for a new installation of 2007.0 on an
> older machine? (Athlon XP 1600+ with an NVidia GeForce4 MX 4000)
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash
>
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash
>
>    Why aren't these Wiki pages dated or am I missing that?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

For lack of wanting to wait I proceeded with the HOWTO_fbsplash page.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash

Things are going OK and I'm down to the point where I should be able
to display the splash page by hand using the following command:

splash_manager --theme=livecd-2007.0 --cmd=set --tty=1

which results in the following error:

Rocker ~ # splash_manager --theme=livecd-2007.0 --cmd=set --tty=1
No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme.
FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE failed, error code 9.
Rocker ~ #

I presume this is saying that it doesn't support 24-bit color mapping?
I see from xdpyinfo that I seem to have 24 bit as default?

<SNIP>
screen #0:
  print screen:    no
  dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (433x347 millimeters)
  resolution:    75x75 dots per inch
  depths (7):    24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
  root window id:    0xa3
  depth of root window:    24 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x20
<SNIP>

Following that I tried switching to 16-bit operation in X but I still
get the same message:

<SNIP>
screen #0:
  print screen:    no
  dimensions:    1280x1024 pixels (433x347 millimeters)
  resolution:    75x75 dots per inch
  depths (7):    16, 1, 4, 8, 15, 24, 32
  root window id:    0x7f
  depth of root window:    16 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x20
  default number of colormap cells:    64
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 65535
  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
<SNIP>

Rocker ~ # splash_manager --theme=livecd-2007.0 --cmd=set --tty=1
No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme.
FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE failed, error code 9.
Rocker ~ #


Rocker ~ # zcat /boot/fbsplash-livecd-2007.0-1280x1024 | cpio --list
.
root
sbin
sbin/splash_helper
dev
dev/null
dev/misc
dev/fb
dev/console
dev/vc
etc
etc/splash
etc/splash/livecd-2007.0
etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/1280x1024.cfg
etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/images
etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/images/background-1280x1024.png
etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/images/verbose-1280x1024.png
etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/images/overlay-1024.png
etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/Vera.ttf
lib
lib/splash
lib/splash/sys
lib/splash/proc
768 blocks
Rocker ~ #

   At this point I'm not at all sure what to do so if anyone can help
me save some time I would certainly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Mark
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Re: [gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

[Hans-Werner Hilse]

Hi,

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:44:00 -0700
"Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:

>    The Gentoo Wiki page lists two different entries for doing
> framebuffer setup. I've never used framebuffers and wanted to check it
> out. Which is more appropriate for a new installation of 2007.0 on an
> older machine? (Athlon XP 1600+ with an NVidia GeForce4 MX 4000)
> 
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash
> 
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash

Those are just two different ways for setting up a splash screen; I
think gentoo is currently more directed to bootsplash rather than
fbsplash. But neither of them is mandatory for framebuffer usage (and
framebuffer console). In order to use the framebuffer, you just need to
load the relevant module and use fbset or compile the driver into the
kernel and pass the right "video=..." paramenter to the kernel and
you're set.

>    Why aren't these Wiki pages dated or am I missing that?
"This page was last modified 17:33, 20 June 2007": bottom left.
page history link: top right.

HTH,

-hwh

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Re: [gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

[Daniel Pielmeier]

> Those are just two different ways for setting up a splash screen; I
> think gentoo is currently more directed to bootsplash rather than
> fbsplash. But neither of them is mandatory for framebuffer usage (and
> framebuffer console). In order to use the framebuffer, you just need to
> load the relevant module and use fbset or compile the driver into the
> kernel and pass the right "video=..." paramenter to the kernel and
> you're set.

Are you sure Gentoo is more directed to bootsplash. I think bootsplash 
is discontinued and fbsplash has taken over it, as mentioned at the 
bootsplash wiki.

Regards,

Daniel
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Re: [gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

[Hans-Werner Hilse]

Hi,

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:34:28 +0200
Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@googlemail.com> wrote:

> > Those are just two different ways for setting up a splash screen; I
> > think gentoo is currently more directed to bootsplash rather than
> > fbsplash. But neither of them is mandatory for framebuffer usage (and
> > framebuffer console). In order to use the framebuffer, you just need to
> > load the relevant module and use fbset or compile the driver into the
> > kernel and pass the right "video=..." paramenter to the kernel and
> > you're set.
> 
> Are you sure Gentoo is more directed to bootsplash. I think bootsplash 
> is discontinued and fbsplash has taken over it, as mentioned at the 
> bootsplash wiki.

Errrm, yes, of course. Sorry, my mistake.

-hwh
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Re: [gentoo-user] 1st time framebuffer setup

[Florian Philipp]

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Am Donnerstag 21 Juni 2007 20:09 schrieb Hans-Werner Hilse:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:44:00 -0700
>
> "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> >    The Gentoo Wiki page lists two different entries for doing
> > framebuffer setup. I've never used framebuffers and wanted to check it
> > out. Which is more appropriate for a new installation of 2007.0 on an
> > older machine? (Athlon XP 1600+ with an NVidia GeForce4 MX 4000)
> >
> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash
> >
> > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash
>
> Those are just two different ways for setting up a splash screen; I
> think gentoo is currently more directed to bootsplash rather than
> fbsplash. But neither of them is mandatory for framebuffer usage (and
> framebuffer console). In order to use the framebuffer, you just need to
> load the relevant module and use fbset or compile the driver into the
> kernel and pass the right "video=..." paramenter to the kernel and
> you're set.
>
> >    Why aren't these Wiki pages dated or am I missing that?
>
> "This page was last modified 17:33, 20 June 2007": bottom left.
> page history link: top right.
>
> HTH,
>
> -hwh

I've got a related question: Does "video=..." work if the fb is a module?

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