I just committed a few things to remove all the dpkg-divert* related stuff from the debsplash-utils package. You can get the source from Alioth's debsplash CVS repository and test away. Remember to backup /etc/init.d/rc before you install debsplash-utils (just in case). If anything goes wrong, you can simply re-install sysv-rc.
After installing the debsplash-utils package, you will need to copy /usr/share/doc/debsplash-utils/scripts/rc to /etc/init.d/rc by hand (for now). Soon I'll have the sysv-rc fork ready, which will install this file automatically for end-users. I have a pre-patched kernel that people can use, to get it point your browsers to: http://www.latinomixed.com/downloads/debian-embelisher/deb Please be kind to my bandwith as I have NONE. That's a shitty connection. Mirroing or .torrent-ing those files would be very good. I'll also be putting the new debsplash-* deb packages in that URL soon... Enjoy! On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:36:43 +0000, Luis Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Luis M wrote: > > >usplash is the way to go (and the U in front should mean "user-space" > >and not Ubuntu, as this should apply to all distros and distros > >flavors -- mepis, xandros, ubuntu, etc.. all debian-based distros); > >but, since it will be sponsored in parts by the ubuntu people, they > >can call it whatever they want on their end. > > > > > i agree ... kernel splash introduces some more problems to kernel. > > >>From our end, though, debsplash is considered as 99% done, with the > >only thing missing being a better rc script (which means we might have > >to port sysv-rc package and ask users to install this new "ported" > >package as a dependancy to debsplash). > > > > > good news i'm reading. > > > > >Now, going back to why NOT to use a X-based system for boot splash, it > >doesn't matter how you do it, that approach will be overly complicated > >for what's needed. You will have to deal with video cards, and a whole > >bunch of other crap, plus the code may not be so easy to understand > >once the whole thing is complete it. And let's not forgot licensing > >issues as xorg/xfree etc.. are NOT gpl'ed. So we can't simply copy > >code from it. And if we are going to do this, why not simply just make > >the RedHat/Fedora boot splash system more generic so that Debian > >systems can use it? I just think is a bad thing. > > > > > > > I agree ... bootsplash must not use X, i think, makes more dependency > problems, and therefor servers without X can't use it. > > Also i agree with the problems from grafic card configuration. > > I will wait for the files to be in alioth, then i will test it. > > regards > > Luis Matos > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ----)(----- Luis M System Administrator LatinoMixed.com "We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on" -- Steve Jobs in an interview for MacWorld Magazine 2004-Feb No .doc: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.es.html
