On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 05:23:56PM +0200, Jimmy Jazz wrote: Hi,
> > Are you sure you have compiled splashutils with fbsplash-support enabled? > > > No alas, since my kernel is now "full modular" (even vtcon and fb). It works > well. > As soon as readeonfb and vtcon are loaded, the splash screen appears on the > display (the one with the alt-F1 comment of course). I get even more > "visible" memory for free than before. Also, i tried to activate fbsplash > support in the kernel as well with a little hack in Kconfig (depends on > FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE && !FB_TILEBLITTING). With or without modules i > couldn't compile the kernel. That's why i'm still using > media-gfx/splashutils-1.3.1. For example, con2fb_map is not found by > the "linker". Fbsplash doesn't work as a module, it can only be used when fbcon is compiled into the kernel. > Just a comment about how you built fbsplash. > Why not include splash_helper code directly in a kernel module, instead to > call /sbin/splash_helper ? If you want to have splash_helper's functionality _inside_ the kernel, just use bootsplash. Putting userspace stuff, like JPEG and PNG decoders, where it belongs (i.e. userspace) was the most fundamental design idea behind splashutils :) > I didn't use /sbin/splash_util.static at all during the boot process. I > wasn't able to implement it very well and got many freezes. I didn't > find out what was going on :( Perhaps some problems with the pipe file > !? If i get more time i will investigate it. Perhaps, but putting it inside an initramfs isn't a very good idea. It would be better to aim for a very fast boot during the early-userspace stage and to let the splash daemon be started the normal way (i.e. by the Gentoo baselayout scripts). > With splashutils 1.3.1 everything is working well except the icons. > Indeed, xdm icon appears every now and then and hides the other icons. > Certainly, due to the fact 1.3.1 splashutils release doesn't support > livecd-2007.0 . Right, that's a problem with how anims are handled in 1.3.1 and it's indeed fixed in 1.4.2. > If you accept suggestions, i emit this one : It would be great if > fbsplash could be loaded as a module and would accept vtcon and fb as > modules too :) I'll keep that in mind and maybe implement it when I have some more free time. Have you had a chance to try splashutils 1.4.2 with baselayout-2*? If so, did it fix the missing-splash-screen problem? Best regards. -- Michal Januszewski JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Linux Developer http://people.gentoo.org/spock
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