Colin, Ah ha! I will bug the bootsplash people about it then :) I suppose I did not test enough framebuffer drivers after all! Until then, thanks for letting me know about the workaround. I'll attempt to get it going on my system.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:directfb-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Colin Paton > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 1:18 AM > To: John Laur; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [directfb-dev] Re: viafb staticlly compiled - oops with > bootsplash in silent mode > > Hi, > > I believe there's a bug in bootsplash which is causing what you are seeing > - > I came across this yesterday with a different framebuffer driver as it > happens! > > Bootsplash calls fbgen_get_fix in order to determine the framebuffer size, > to see if the image you are trying to display will fit. However, it calls > it > with the fb_info structure (I'm working from memory, so forget the exact > details, but it's the last parameter) passed in as zero. This appears to > be > a Bootsplash bug, but some framebuffer drivers don't seem to mind. > > Again - working from memory I can't remember the exact file, but it's in > drivers/video in the kernel I believe - I think it might be in > fbcon_splash.c. Do a search for 'get_fix' and you should find a call with > 0 > in it. > > I haven't got around to finding the correct solution, but as a workaround > I > commented out this paragraph (but be careful to make sure the splash > image > is the correct size as it is no longer checked). This fixed the problem > for > me. > > Hope this helps, > > Colin > > > > -- > Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe directfb-dev" as subject. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-dev" as subject.
