On August 30, 2005 10:51 am, Holly Bostick wrote: > bshlists schreef: > > Using all the suggestions on this thread I was able to get gensplash up > > and running. I however have one small problem the bootsplash come up > > some 1/3 the way through the bootup process. Now I remember seeing > > somewhere a change to a config file which would change when the > > bootsplash started. > > > > I'd appreciate it if someone would remind me how to do this. > > Afaik, it's not a change to a config file, it's a change in the way you > generate the initramfs. > > If you compile it into the kernel (instructions on the Wiki; see How-to > fbsplash), it will start up at the very start. > > If you load it as a separate initrd, you have to wait for the > framebuffer to initialize before the splash can start (which takes a > short while). > > Naturally, if you change from loading an initrd to compiling the initrd > into the kernel, you do have to change a config file (grub.conf, to > remove the initrd= line, since you no longer have one), but changing the > file alone won't make any difference if you haven't changed the way you > create the initrd in the first place. > > > HTH,
Holly Okay. The method I used was by genkernel and the initramfs I'm using was to get the autodetection feature. If I change this don't lose that ability or does it matter? -- DWW -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
