[gentoo-user] gensplash problem with X
Hi, when I boot my new system with gensplash, the console is OK up until X is started via gdm. Afterward all consoles are smeared and broken. Starting X via startx results in a similar problem plus X is not starting. I try to give you all relevant data in the hopes to get some clues for my problem. System is stable (kernel 2.6.22-r2, xorg-x11 7.2), I'm using a Nvidia 8500GT (nvidia-drivers 100.14.09). Framebuffer is vesafb with these relevant kernel options vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent,theme:AquaMatrix CONSOLE=/dev/tty1. Since I do not know what to look for I will post at the end Xorg.0.log. Regards Marc Xorg.0.log: X Window System Version 7.2.0 Release Date: 22 January 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.22-gentoo-r2 i686 Current Operating System: Linux hive 2.6.22-gentoo-r2 #1 SMP Mon Aug 20 21:40:16 CEST 2007 i686 Build Date: 19 August 2007 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Tue Aug 21 20:36:29 2007 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (==) ServerLayout Simple Layout (**) |--Screen Screen_LG (0) (**) | |--Monitor LG_L1970H (**) | |--Device nVidia Geforce 8500GT (**) |--Input Device Mouse1 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard1 (**) Option XkbRules xorg (**) XKB: rules: xorg (**) Option XkbModel pc105 (**) XKB: model: pc105 (**) Option XkbLayout de (**) XKB: layout: de (**) Option XkbVariant nodeadkeys (**) XKB: variant: nodeadkeys (**) Option XkbOptions altwin#58;super_win (**) XKB: options: altwin#58;super_win (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/TTF/ does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (WW) The directory /usr/share/fonts/local/ does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/misc/, /usr/share/fonts/Type1/, /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/, /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/ (==) RgbPath set to /usr/share/X11/rgb (==) ModulePath set to /usr/lib/xorg/modules (**) Extension Composite is enabled (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Loader magic: 0x81bb6a0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3 X.Org Video Driver: 1.1 X.Org XInput driver : 0.7 X.Org Server Extension : 0.3 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: pcidata (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so (II) Module pcidata: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1 (++) using VT number 7 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,29c0 card 1043,8276 rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,29c1 card , rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:1a:0: chip 8086,2937 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1a:1: chip 8086,2938 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1a:2: chip 8086,2939 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1a:7: chip 8086,293c card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1b:0: chip 8086,293e card 1043,829f rev 02 class 04,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1c:0: chip 8086,2940 card , rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81 (II) PCI: 00:1c:4: chip 8086,2948 card , rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81 (II) PCI: 00:1c:5: chip 8086,294a card , rev 02 class 06,04,00 hdr 81 (II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,2934 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,2935 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,2936 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,293a card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,244e card , rev 92 class 06,04,01 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,2918 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,2921 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 01,01,8f hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,2930 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:1f:5: chip 8086,2926 card 1043,8277 rev 02 class 01,01,85 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0421 card 1043,8245 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 02:00:0: chip 1969,1048 card 1043,8226 rev b0 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 03:00:0: chip 197b,2363 card 1043,824f rev 03 class 01,06,01 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 03:00:1: chip 197b,2363 card 1043,824f rev 03 class 01,01,85 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 05:03:0: chip 1106,3044 card 1043,81fe rev c0 class 0c,00,10 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) Intel Bridge workaround enabled (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0:
[gentoo-user] Gensplash
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, Two different boxen. One has splash added to the boot runlevel - it shows up the framebuffer image on the console, towards the end of the boot sequence. If I rc-update -d splash boot, there is no framebuffer background image shown. This all makes sense. However, the second box does *not* have splash added to either boot or default level. Nevertheless, it boots up hapilly with a glorious background fb image! Not only that, but it also comes up really upfront in the boot up process (as soon as I press F2 it's visible). Can you please explain to me what's happening? - -- Regards, Mick -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE8GAJ5Fp0QerLYPcRAo93AKDHRSlyp1wkYE51q3Ag0zhdUC9sZgCcDuAg xR0qtaFZDPqO3ERR4Z/vK6c= =JA1U -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] gensplash oddity
On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 23:05 -0400, John Dangler wrote: I don't know about the ERROR: Could not copy the initramfs to /boot error, but I know on my inspiron 9100, but this: After the initial information at bootup, all I got was a black screen [This is on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. I may have the wrong settings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), sounds familiar. If I get the settings wrong, sometimes I get a blank screen until X starts. I think most LCD's work at 60Hz, and most likely 24bit, so try [EMAIL PROTECTED] to see if that works. If not, keep lowering the resolution to 800x600 and 640x480 just to see. so if anyone knows how to correctly identify this I'd appreciate it]. I had to power off and on again to get video returned. are your sure? Did the hd light keep flashing? This would indicate that it's still booting, but just can't display correctly. Anyone offering any assistance with this, please do. I've gotten everything in the base system running well except this issue, and I'm about to throw in the towel on splash. its not much, but HTH! just in case you want to try it, this is the genkernel command line I used for 2.6.12-gentoo-r7. I always mount boot manually beforehand. sudo genkernel --no-menuconfig --save-config --bootsplash --gensplash --install --udev --kernel-config=/home/iain/configs/2.6.12-gr7-2005-08-08 --makeopts=-j3 --mountboot --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all I'm not sure about the --bootsplash and --gensplash, but this was after trial and error with quite a few different ways, so it works and I leave it!! -- Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] gensplash oddity
On 8/22/05, John Dangler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok - I went back through the wiki article on using gensplash with genkernel. I used - genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all (I usually --udev on the end, but every time I get told that -udev is deprecated since it is the default behavior) At the end of the process, I checked /var/log/genkernel.log . The last lines there look like this - Installing gensplash [ using the livecd-2005.1 theme ]. Merging initramfs-base-layout.cpio.gz initramfs-aux.cpio.gz initramfs-busybox-1.00-rt-mdstart.plasmaroo.cpio.gz initramfs-insmod-0.9.15-pre4.cpio.gz initramfs-udev-054.cpio.gz initramfs-modules-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz initramfs-splash-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz Gentoo Linux Genkernel: Version 3.3.5 Running with options ; genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all ERROR: Could not copy the initramfs to /boot (yes, /boot is mounted) Then, I look at the long list in /boot . (ls -l) I compiled this today 8/21/05) at around 9pm (2100) 1603780 Aug 21 21:07 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 10928128Aug 21 21:20 initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 I set up an additional grub entry for the splash options on the kernel line, and rebooted to see what the effect was. After the initial information at bootup, all I got was a black screen [This is on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. I may have the wrong settings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), so if anyone knows how to correctly identify this I'd appreciate it]. I had to power off and on again to get video returned. I then tried the default r9 kernel boot without the splash - KERNEL PANIC . vfs out of sync. I rebooted into the old (r6 kernel), and re-ran 'genkernel --menuconfig --udev all' (no splash) to rebuild the r9 kernel, rebooted to the r9 kernel, and all is well. Anyone offering any assistance with this, please do. I've gotten everything in the base system running well except this issue, and I'm about to throw in the towel on splash. John D Hi, you can identify the modes your graphic board supports by doing cat /proc/fb0/modes (the frambuffer module has to be loaded for this to work). The 2005.1 Theme needs a mode higher than 8bpp to work. For me this setting works: video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,pmipal,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,fadein,theme:livecd-2005.1 HTH, Matze -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] gensplash oddity
Ok - I went back through the wiki article on using gensplash with genkernel. I used - genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all (I usually --udev on the end, but every time I get told that -udev is deprecated since it is the default behavior) At the end of the process, I checked /var/log/genkernel.log . The last lines there look like this - Installing gensplash [ using the livecd-2005.1 theme ]. Merging initramfs-base-layout.cpio.gz initramfs-aux.cpio.gz initramfs-busybox-1.00-rt-mdstart.plasmaroo.cpio.gz initramfs-insmod-0.9.15-pre4.cpio.gz initramfs-udev-054.cpio.gz initramfs-modules-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz initramfs-splash-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz Gentoo Linux Genkernel: Version 3.3.5 Running with options ; genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all ERROR: Could not copy the initramfs to /boot (yes, /boot is mounted) Then, I look at the long list in /boot . (ls -l) I compiled this today 8/21/05) at around 9pm (2100) 1603780 Aug 21 21:07 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 10928128Aug 21 21:20 initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 I set up an additional grub entry for the splash options on the kernel line, and rebooted to see what the effect was. After the initial information at bootup, all I got was a black screen [This is on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. I may have the wrong settings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), so if anyone knows how to correctly identify this I'd appreciate it]. I had to power off and on again to get video returned. I then tried the default r9 kernel boot without the splash - KERNEL PANIC . vfs out of sync. I rebooted into the old (r6 kernel), and re-ran 'genkernel --menuconfig --udev all' (no splash) to rebuild the r9 kernel, rebooted to the r9 kernel, and all is well. Anyone offering any assistance with this, please do. I've gotten everything in the base system running well except this issue, and I'm about to throw in the towel on splash. John D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
