Hi, First of all might need to say that I'm not myself a gentoo user.
I've just been trying to implement fbsplash/splash-utils within my distro, which is a custom lfs. I've compiled last version of splash-utils with mng-support, against klc-1.2. The kernel I'm using is 2.6.14 (patched as well against vsa-tng). I've tried without success make all of this run properly, but I find the following problems, maybe anyone can bring some light on this: I can't see any text as specified on the config file when I boot form a cpio (splash_geninitramfs) image. I've been trying activating either vesafb and vesa-tng, toghether with different options on the command-line, such as video=.....,tty:[number], plus different combinations of console=tty[number], and CONSOLE=/dev/tty[number], with no success at all. The thing is, when I try locally, this works. I mean if I start splash_util in daemon mode, set the silent tty to it's proper number (usually /dev/tty8), the text labels specified on the my cfg file are rendered, not so when I generate a cpio image with splash_geninitramfs, and boot it. I can also see icons in *local-mode*, better said, start and stop services, which I couldn't try yet within a cpio image. Another question I've got is, how is mng-support used?, I've been looking at splash-utils' source code, and can guess a anim option whithin the cfg file could be something like this: anim [silent|verbose] [once|loop] path_to_file x y Although for sure the're something short or not correct at all, I'm just talking from memory. Could anyone tell something about? I'll really appreciate it. I've been hardly googling for this, but it seems like between the original bootsplash, different versions and specs form spock through out fbsplash/gensplash/splash-utils development, plus my basic knowledge about programming, turns available documentation into a complete mess. King Regards, ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list