On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 15:07, Ryan Viljoen wrote: > Why not use fbspalsh and set splash to silent instead of verbose. > > kernel /2.6.10-gentoo-r6/kernel-2.6.10-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3 > video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=verbose,theme:emergence > > This will give you a screeen much like the one shown when booting a > live cd. You need to emerge splashutils though. > root=/dev/hda9 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=verbose,theme:emergence
That's what I'm using right now.. Hmm... thanks for the tip. I will give it a spin. It it works, then I'm all set. ZCool and Thanks. > > > > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:38:27 +0800, Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guys, > > > > I've read the bootsplash and fbsplash/gensplash howtos. I've already > > set up fbsplash on my laptop and it's working nicely. > > > > However, I'm working on getting a Freevo/Myth box up using gentoo and > > would like to have bootsplash/gensplash cover up the initial Bootup > > sequence via a progress bar or something. > > > > Is this possible? The last time I tried bootsplash, the patches failed > > miserably and I was left without any other option other than gensplash. > > > > Has someone been able to do it or has there been an updated bootsplash > > that works for the current 2.6.10 kernel ? > > > > -- > > Ow Mun Heng > > Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz > > 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! > > Neuromancer 13:36:11 up 4:14, 6 users, > > load average: 0.13, 0.26, 0.27 > > > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list > > > > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 16:07:25 up 6:45, 8 users, load average: 0.98, 0.94, 0.68 -- [email protected] mailing list
