On 17 February 2006 11:16, Marco Calviani wrote: > Hi Uwe, > > > It makes sure the splash screen start as early as possible (don't forget > > the "quiet" option). On my systems, it starts immediately after the > > kernel and the initrd are loaded. > > > > Kernel panic ... hm ... > > > > How did you generate your initrd? Maybe, it doesn't contain "linuxrc" > > which does all the magic before it hands over to the real init process. > > i've created the initrd as indicated in the howto mentioned above, that is > with: > > # splash_geninitramfs -g /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1024x768 -v -r > 1024x768 emergence
Try: genkernel --gensplash=emergence --gensplash-res=1024x768 initrd genkernel puts all those nifty little things in your initrd. You could add "--menuconfig" if you want to check your kernel options. Look up the exact name of the generated initrd in /boot and adjust your grub entry accordingly. Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- [email protected] mailing list
