> If i understood well F2 is managed from splash_util not splash_helper. > Also, my config isn't really gentoo compliant (i don't use genkernel) > and i would avoid the need of splash_util.static. I'm loading > splash_helper from bzImage via initramfs archive to do the job. At this > stage the alt+F1 key gives me the ability to switch to the verbose mode, > have a look at the display to see what is going on (i'm kind of curious > :) and switch back to the silent mode like i'm able with splash_util. > The problem is, i cannot switch back to the silent mode until > splash_util is loaded. I could say, the key Alt+F1 is not > "bidirectional", in other words the display cannot go back to the > precedent mode.
Alt+F1 was never meant to be bidirectional -- it's the usual key combination to switch to tty1 (Alt+F2 to tty2, Alt+F3 to tty3 etc). Switching back to verbose during early userspace is currently unsupported. If you need it really badly, let me know and I'll see whether I can hack a simple solution for it. > The second issue is, i'm no more able to see the purple vertical bar at > the right of the screen during the verbose mode. The screen only looks > like as an usual tty. I'm quite sure, it was possible in the past. Is the verbose mode activated at a later time? Are you sure you have compiled splashutils with fbsplash-support enabled? > PS: I have tried splashutils 1.4 but it doesn't work for me. The screen > stays black... until i press alt+f1 or F2. At first, i thought that > could be the radeonfb driver, but it seems not. I didn't take too much > time to look after it and i switched back to splashutils 1.3.1 for the > moment. That could be either a bug in splashutils or a problem with how you're building your initramfs image. Could you provide some more details about how it is created? Best regards. -- Michal Januszewski JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Linux Developer http://people.gentoo.org/spock
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