On Mon, 12 May 2008 15:47:11 +0100 Graeme Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 05:50:03PM +1000, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > attached: > > > > 1 tarball with new exquisite .bb file and extra data files for installation > > so it can be a splashscreen > > 2. a new rc file to replace sysvinit/sysvinit/angstrom/rc to use it > > (sysvinit package). note i have some FIXME's as the system is wedded to > > psplash and needs to be virtualised (i did this in-place i guess as its > > simpler and there is discussion to be had as to how to virtualise it off so > > any splash manager can plug in) > > > > as such these should allow exquisite to also be a bootsplash engine. > > > > as such it provides some advantages and disadvantages over psplash: > > > Agreed on the virtualisation. > > But I cannot get this to do anything apart from a black screen. > > The init script as written doesnt work as there is a race condition > between forking and the first exquisite-write being performed. You > really should provide a daemon mode for exquisite that performs all > setup then forks and exits. the setup is not necessary - it's just an added bonus. yes - there is a race, but it's kind of "not important" :) it should come up without those 2 commands with a white screen and a logo etc. > Im not sure about the mounting/unmounting of the tmpfs. > > Also need to inherit update-rc.d in .bb file otherwise it never gets > started. hmm - maybe that's why. > I can handle all the .bb problems, but fundamentally I cant get this > working so Im stuck. i made it work by hand on my gta02 - i copied my changes back and did some renaming in the files and .bb's, but it should work. working here. i'll see what's up as best i can - have you done anything special to your uboot env or kernel boot params like change screen depth to 8bpp or something? > Graeme > > > -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
