Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-31 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 30 August 2005 16:31, bshlists wrote: On August 30, 2005 10:51 am, Holly Bostick wrote: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-31 Thread bshlists
On August 31, 2005 04:02 am, Uwe Thiem wrote: On 30 August 2005 16:31, bshlists wrote: On August 30, 2005 10:51 am, Holly Bostick wrote: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-30 Thread bshlists
On August 23, 2005 04:25 am, Nagatoro wrote: Hi, I've got another interesting problem with the splash. It seems like no matter what I specify the computer always wants to use a 800x600 resolution. At startup I get this (not word for word since showconsole won't play nicely): Using

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-30 Thread Holly Bostick
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

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-30 Thread bshlists
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

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-30 Thread Holly Bostick
bshlists schreef: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-30 Thread Tony Davison
On Tuesday 30 August 2005 15:51, 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

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-24 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 23 August 2005 20:14, Holly Bostick wrote: Matthias Krebs schreef: And as someone else mentioned before, vesafb-tng is not a valid kernel parameter, so everything after it is ignored. In what world is this? If you're using vesafb-tng (added to the kernel options by the fbsplash patch

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-24 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 23 August 2005 20:14, Holly Bostick wrote: Sorry, forgot this in my other posting. Oh, and btw, Nagatoro... it's silly, but just open up your grub.conf with nano and make sure that some word-wrap somewhere didn't mess up your kernel line. That happened to me a couple of times, and in that

[gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Nagatoro
Hi, I've got another interesting problem with the splash. It seems like no matter what I specify the computer always wants to use a 800x600 resolution. At startup I get this (not word for word since showconsole won't play nicely): --- can't open config file

RE: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Nagatoro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 August 2005 09:26 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] More splash problems But as you can see below i specify a 1280x1024 resolution in 16bpp mode (same result if I try 1024x768). Have you

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Nagatoro
Michael Kintzios wrote: Have you tried: [EMAIL PROTECTED], or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? Same result I'm afraid :( -- Naga -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 23 August 2005 09:25, Nagatoro wrote: Hi, I've got another interesting problem with the splash. It seems like no matter what I specify the computer always wants to use a 800x600 resolution. At startup I get this (not word for word since showconsole won't play nicely): --- can't open

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Nagatoro
Uwe Thiem wrote: Try video=vesafb:... instead of vesafb-tng. Same thing... -- Naga -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Nagatoro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 August 2005 13:23 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems Uwe Thiem wrote: Try video=vesafb:... instead of vesafb-tng. Same thing... Did you re-emerge your

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Nagatoro
Holly Bostick wrote: Yes... you see your kernel config for the default mode? It does not specify a bit depth. Neither did mine. Change the setting in the kernel to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or whatever your preferred resolution is, thereby specifying a bit depth to the kernel config) recompile the

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Nagatoro
Michael Kintzios wrote: Did you re-emerge your splashutils and rerun genitramfs with /boot mounted? Also, did you check the resolution for your vesa-tng entry in the kernel menuconfig? (see Holly's previous post on this topic). Yes, unfortunaly no change. -- Naga -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Holly Bostick
Nagatoro schreef: Holly Bostick wrote: Yes... you see your kernel config for the default mode? It does not specify a bit depth. Neither did mine. Change the setting in the kernel to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or whatever your preferred resolution is, thereby specifying a bit depth to the kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Holly Bostick
Matthias Krebs schreef: And as someone else mentioned before, vesafb-tng is not a valid kernel parameter, so everything after it is ignored. In what world is this? If you're using vesafb-tng (added to the kernel options by the fbsplash patch which you get with the gentoo kernels, which is no

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Matthias Krebs
Sorry didn't work. The 8bpp message did dissapear but the framebuffer still want's to read the config file for 800x600. -- Naga Maybe you want to use a mode your graphic board doesn't support. Do a cat /proc/fb0/modes to get the modes your board supports. And as someone else mentioned

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Nagatoro
Matthias Krebs wrote: Maybe you want to use a mode your graphic board doesn't support. Do a cat /proc/fb0/modes to get the modes your board supports. And as Well that's where it get weird! cat /proc/fb0/modes report that 800x600 *is* the highest resolution I can have but I've had 1280x1024

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Matthias Krebs
On 8/23/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthias Krebs schreef: And as someone else mentioned before, vesafb-tng is not a valid kernel parameter, so everything after it is ignored. In what world is this? If you're using vesafb-tng (added to the kernel options by the fbsplash

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Holly Bostick
Matthias Krebs schreef: On 8/23/05, Holly Bostick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matthias Krebs schreef: And as someone else mentioned before, vesafb-tng is not a valid kernel parameter, so everything after it is ignored. In what world is this? If you're using vesafb-tng (added to the kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] More splash problems

2005-08-23 Thread Nagatoro
Holly Bostick wrote: wrap) will be ignored. So opening up the file with nano and going to the beginning of any apparently wrapped line and hitting Backspace to pull it all together is not a bad idea. Nope al in one line. On side note I found some fourum posting claming that agppart and