Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash
Oh well, will revert back to stable kernel to get my wonderful gensplash. No doubt 3.0 will bring plenty of gremlins. May have a play with initramfs. It sounds impressive anyway --Original Message-- From: Dale To: Gentoo ReplyTo: Gentoo Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash Sent: 24 Jun 2011 00:02 Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Alan McKinnonalan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: SNIP I wonder what 3.0 will be like Newer... ;-) Newer problems right? :-P Dale :-) :-) JDM
[gentoo-user] Fbsplash
Since upgrading my kernel to .39 my beloved splash screen has stopped working. I have followed guidelines in wiki that someone has very kindly written. Reverting back to older kernel the splash screen works as expected. I've tried this on 2 machines. I have seen somewhere that a patch is added to kernel to help this. Is this included in .39? I believe the issue maybe due to /sbin/fbcondecor_helper in initrd but not really too sure. My debugging skills are lacking somewhat. Has anyone else experienced this and can anyone offer an alternative method for producing splash. I am currently using vesafb and splash_geninitramfs to create splash screens? -- John D Maunder j...@articwolf.myzen.co.uk
Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash
John wrote: Since upgrading my kernel to .39 my beloved splash screen has stopped working. I have followed guidelines in wiki that someone has very kindly written. Reverting back to older kernel the splash screen works as expected. I've tried this on 2 machines. I have seen somewhere that a patch is added to kernel to help this. Is this included in .39? I believe the issue maybe due to /sbin/fbcondecor_helper in initrd but not really too sure. My debugging skills are lacking somewhat. Has anyone else experienced this and can anyone offer an alternative method for producing splash. I am currently using vesafb and splash_geninitramfs to create splash screens? I have noticed that people seem to have various issues with .39. Maybe roll back to a older kernel and give it a few versions to get some fixes in. I had X issues, someone else had some network issue and someone else has some other odd issue. I think .39 is currently a lemon. If you can make it with the old .38 version, I would. At least for a little bit anyway. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash
On Thursday 23 June 2011 17:28:15 Dale did opine thusly: John wrote: Since upgrading my kernel to .39 my beloved splash screen has stopped working. I have followed guidelines in wiki that someone has very kindly written. Reverting back to older kernel the splash screen works as expected. I've tried this on 2 machines. I have seen somewhere that a patch is added to kernel to help this. Is this included in .39? I believe the issue maybe due to /sbin/fbcondecor_helper in initrd but not really too sure. My debugging skills are lacking somewhat. Has anyone else experienced this and can anyone offer an alternative method for producing splash. I am currently using vesafb and splash_geninitramfs to create splash screens? I have noticed that people seem to have various issues with .39. Maybe roll back to a older kernel and give it a few versions to get some fixes in. I had X issues, someone else had some network issue and someone else has some other odd issue. I think .39 is currently a lemon. If you can make it with the old .38 version, I would. At least for a little bit anyway. .39 screwed up my nouveau frame buffer, took a lot of frantic hit and miss with graphics options to get it back. .38 was rock-solid I wonder what 3.0 will be like -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: SNIP I wonder what 3.0 will be like Newer... ;-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Fbsplash
Mark Knecht wrote: On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Alan McKinnonalan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: SNIP I wonder what 3.0 will be like Newer... ;-) Newer problems right? :-P Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
On 20:00 Mon 22 Oct , Mick wrote: On Monday 22 October 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It works now. Thanks!! I am just curious: can we just delete /etc/conf.d/splash file? I still have mine, but had to remove splash from the rc-update default level. -- Regards, Mick What is you error? Does the booting just stop at a certain point? Since I found that if I got an error message, the booting will pause until you go back to that terminal. But I have no clue to solve that problem. If you just want to get rid of bufferframe at tty 8,9. I think you need set the value as SPLASH_TTYS=1 2 3 4 5 6 -- Teng Wang -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
On Saturday 20 October 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I already set SPLASH_TTYS=1,2,3,4,5,6 In the /ect/conf.d/splash, it should not use splash on tty7,8 But I still see the splash when I press ctrl alt f8. Is there anything I misconfiged? Did you have a look at the ebuild notes after you emerged splashutils: = * Please note that the 'fbsplash' kernel patch has now been renamed to * 'fbcondecor'. Accordingly, the old 'splash' initscript is now called * 'fbcondecor'. Make sure you update your system. See: * http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/fbcondecor/#history * for further info about the name changes. * * Also note that splash_util has now been split into splash_util, fbsplashd * and fbcondecor_ctl. = The latest stable splashutils (1.5.2.1) introduced /etc/conf.d/fbcondecor. Have you tried specifying your tty's in there? Hope this helps. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
It works now. Thanks!! I am just curious: can we just delete /etc/conf.d/splash file? On 08:11 Mon 22 Oct , Mick wrote: On Saturday 20 October 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I already set SPLASH_TTYS=1,2,3,4,5,6 In the /ect/conf.d/splash, it should not use splash on tty7,8 But I still see the splash when I press ctrl alt f8. Is there anything I misconfiged? Did you have a look at the ebuild notes after you emerged splashutils: = * Please note that the 'fbsplash' kernel patch has now been renamed to * 'fbcondecor'. Accordingly, the old 'splash' initscript is now called * 'fbcondecor'. Make sure you update your system. See: * http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/fbcondecor/#history * for further info about the name changes. * * Also note that splash_util has now been split into splash_util, fbsplashd * and fbcondecor_ctl. = The latest stable splashutils (1.5.2.1) introduced /etc/conf.d/fbcondecor. Have you tried specifying your tty's in there? Hope this helps. -- Regards, Mick -- Teng Wang Department of Mathematics University of Minnesota, TC E-mail:twang.umnatgmaildotcom Homepage:www.math.umn.edu/~wangx794 Mon Oct 22 13:39:20 CDT 2007 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
On Monday 22 October 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It works now. Thanks!! I am just curious: can we just delete /etc/conf.d/splash file? I still have mine, but had to remove splash from the rc-update default level. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] fbsplash
Hi there, I am running gentoo on my laptop and using fbsplash when booting. Actually fbspalsh run quite good expcet one thing: when xdm starts, it seems all the other runlevel scripts stop to continue. I need to go back to tty1, then they will start again. I don't quite understand what the problem is. Since I already set SPLASH_TTYS=1,2,3,4,5,6 In the /ect/conf.d/splash, it should not use splash on tty7,8 But I still see the splash when I press ctrl alt f8. Is there anything I misconfiged? Thank you for your advice, and sorry for my poor english. And hope it will not bother you so much. -- Teng Wang Department of Mathematics University of Minnesota, TC E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage:www.math.umn.edu/~wangx794 Sat Oct 20 13:32:48 CDT 2007 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] fbsplash won't!
Hi All, Just noticed that fbsplash is not shown on my VCs. dmesg shows that it starts: fbsplash: console 0 using theme 'emergence' fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console 0 fbsplash: console 1 using theme 'emergence' fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console 1 fbsplash: console 2 using theme 'emergence' [snip...] but it doesn't. Not sure if this started after I updated to media-gfx/splashutils-1.4.1. Anyone else noticed the same? How do I fix it? -- Regards, Mick pgpFYvWBNn6Dd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
Thanks Etaoin, this has solved another issue. And another thing is learnt.. # rm -rf default/ rm: cannot remove `default/': Not a directory # rm -rf default # If you include the trailing slash, rm thinks that you are asking it to delete a directory, which default is not (it's a symlink). Regards, MC -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
Hi Uwe, Change the kernel line to: kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r5-fb root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 quiet video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 unfortunately with these options i'm getting a nice kernel panic. Why is it necessary to insert this command line? root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 Best regards, MC -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
On 17 February 2006 10:15, Marco Calviani wrote: Hi Uwe, Change the kernel line to: kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r5-fb root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 quiet video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 unfortunately with these options i'm getting a nice kernel panic. Why is it necessary to insert this command line? root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 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. Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
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 MC -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
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? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
Hi Uwe, 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. the fact is that i didn't use genkernel to build my actual kernel. I think it is not possible to use in the way you told me.. regards, MC -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
On 17 February 2006 13:10, Marco Calviani wrote: Hi Uwe, 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. the fact is that i didn't use genkernel to build my actual kernel. I think it is not possible to use in the way you told me.. Yes, it is. You can use genkernel to create your initrd without haven used it for the kernel itself. Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
Hi Uwe, Yes, it is. You can use genkernel to create your initrd without haven used it for the kernel itself. i would like to thank you very much for your help. Effectively the system is working now. Thanks again. Since we're here and you're expert in this field, i would like to ask you if, like me, you experience problem in deleting the /etc/splash/default symlink: # rm -rf default/ rm: cannot remove `default/': Not a directory How is it possible? MC -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
On Friday 17 February 2006 16:35, Marco Calviani wrote: Since we're here and you're expert in this field, i would like to ask you if, like me, you experience problem in deleting the /etc/splash/default symlink: # rm -rf default/ rm: cannot remove `default/': Not a directory How is it possible? Well, the message is correct. Look: # rm -rf default/ rm: cannot remove `default/': Not a directory # rm -rf default # If you include the trailing slash, rm thinks that you are asking it to delete a directory, which default is not (it's a symlink). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
On 17 February 2006 17:35, Marco Calviani wrote: Hi Uwe, Yes, it is. You can use genkernel to create your initrd without haven used it for the kernel itself. i would like to thank you very much for your help. Effectively the system is working now. Thanks again. Congratulations! Since we're here and you're expert in this field, i would like to ask you if, like me, you experience problem in deleting the /etc/splash/default symlink: # rm -rf default/ rm: cannot remove `default/': Not a directory Now, this is interesting and intriguing. ;-) First of all, what filesystem are you using? Ext2/ext3? Secondly, would you please do a ls -ld default from the same place you did the rm? And, of course, post the output? I have an idea what this might be about. Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
On 17 February 2006 17:35, Marco Calviani wrote: Since we're here and you're expert in this field, i would like to ask you if, like me, you experience problem in deleting the /etc/splash/default symlink: # rm -rf default/ rm: cannot remove `default/': Not a directory Remove the trailing / : # rm -rf default That will delete the symlink. -- Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mclure.org ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
Hi list, i've followed this how http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash to have a framebuffer splash under gentoo. I've added splash to the boot runlevel; however the framebuffer images start only in the default runlevel. # rc-status boot .. .. splash .. .. This is the GRUB entries: title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.14-gentoo-r5-fb root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r5-fb root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd=/fbsplash-2.6.14-emergence-1024x768 Many thanks in advance, MC -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash starting after local and not during boot
On 16 February 2006 21:50, Marco Calviani wrote: Hi list, i've followed this how http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash to have a framebuffer splash under gentoo. I've added splash to the boot runlevel; however the framebuffer images start only in the default runlevel. # rc-status boot .. .. splash .. .. This is the GRUB entries: title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.14-gentoo-r5-fb root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r5-fb root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 initrd=/fbsplash-2.6.14-emergence-1024x768 Change the kernel line to: kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r5-fb root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 quiet video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,fadein,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 That should do it. Precaution: Create a *new* grub entry for testing first. ;-) Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] fbsplash and console issues after udev
-Original Message- From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 December 2005 00:30 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] fbsplash and console issues after udev [snip...] The loading screen with the progress bar works fine. If I hit F2 to see the stuff going on, here's where it has issues.. There is no background image (as there used to be prior to udev). I have the same problem, whereby the splash screen with the progress bar is there, but there is no background image when I press F2. I do not experience the 1 margin problem though. This probably doesn't help you much, but I have noticed that error message you are getting went away on my machine with the latest kernel. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] fbsplash and console issues after udev
I have updated to udev and got most things kinda working (as is the case of any linux system where it's never 100%)... The loading screen with the progress bar works fine. If I hit F2 to see the stuff going on, here's where it has issues.. There is no background image (as there used to be prior to udev). I've run this command: splash_geninitramfs -v -g /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1600x1200 -r 1600x1200 emergence And I have this file: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1475639 Dec 4 21:37 fbsplash-emergence-1600x1200 My grub.conf has: title Gentoo Linux vmlinuz (2.6.14r2) [resume framebuffer splash 1600] root=(hd0,0) kernel=(hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,theme:emergence,tty:12 quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 hdb=ide-scsi resume=/dev/hda6 pmdisk=/dev/hda6 netdev=5,0xec80,eth0 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/fbsplash-emergence-1600x1200 I do get a hi-res screen (like framebuffer is working it seems), however I have a 1 margin on the right and bottom of my LCD display. It's like the screen is 1600x1200, but the console/text is not filling it up. HOWEVER, the loading/progress screen DOES fill it up. To further confuse me, this margin only happens on console 1. The other consoles all use the full width and height as they should. I notice if I hit return at the login prompt on console 1, that I see the text flash in the bottom 1 margin, and then appear up above the margin. In my kernel, I have VESA-TNG compiled in kernel, but if i use video=vesafb-tng it doesn't work at all (I only get the standard 640x480), yet video=vesafb does work in that I am a higher resolution?! Restarting /etc/init.d/consolefont or bootsplash doesn't seem to do anything. I do see this error flash by after pressing F2: Booting 'Gentoo Linux vmlinuz (2.6.14r2) [resume framebuffer splash 1600]' root=(hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel=(hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1600x1200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,theme:emergence,tty:12 quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 hdb=ide-scs i resume=/dev/hda6 pmdisk=/dev/hda6 netdev=5,0xec80,eth0 [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1c00, size=0x20eacb] initrd (hd0,0)/boot/fbsplash-emergence-1600x1200 [Linux-initrd @ 0x1fe87000, 0x16843c bytes] Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel. FBIOSPLASH_SETPIC failed, error code 515. Hint: are you calling 'setpic' for the current virtual console? INIT: version 2.86 booting This post was the only google I could find with that error in it. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-351048-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-2 5.html I tried these things and still no worky So to summarize my actual questions: [1] how do I get rid of the margin on console 1? [2] how do I get a background image to show on console 1 (only)? Thanks, Daevid. You had me at EHLO --E.Webb (10.04.05) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
Thanx, Richard! I've tried 1024x768-32! And everything works ok! ;) п'ятниця 22 липень 2005 18:00, Richard Fish Ви написали: Vitaly Kovalyshyn aka samael wrote: Hello! I've problems with fbsplash 2! in grub.conf: title Gentoo Linux root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] plash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.0 initrd /fbsplash-livecd-2005.0-1024x768 in dmesg: # dmesg | grep vesafb Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent vesafb: ATI Technologies Inc., V280, 01.00 (OEM: ATI RADEON 9200) vesafb: VBE version: 2.0 vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5767 vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c57fb, set palette = c00c5847 vesafb: pmi: ports = a010 a016 a054 a038 a03c a05c a000 a004 a0b0 a0b2 a0b4 vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 0 Hz, hf = 0 kHz, clk = 0 MHz vesafb: scrolling: ywrap using protected mode interface, yres_virtual=1536 vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe000, mapped to 0xe088, using 3072k, total 16384k Do you also get a message about checking if initrd is initramfs... in dmesg? If not, then you probably don't have ram disk or initrd support in your kernel configuration. If so, then everything looks right, and maybe you can try a couple of different resolutions, and particularly, bit depths. 1024x768-24 or 1024x768-32 might work better. -Richard -- Vitaly Kovalyshyn aka samael ICQ: 169219607 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix System Administrator Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church ~~~ Open Your mind - use OpenSource! Nothing else matters, © Metallica Цели ясны, задачи определены, за работу, товарищи, © pgpZDLCKsotCr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
Hello! I've problems with fbsplash 2! in grub.conf: title Gentoo Linux root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] plash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.0 initrd /fbsplash-livecd-2005.0-1024x768 in dmesg: # dmesg | grep vesafb Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent vesafb: ATI Technologies Inc., V280, 01.00 (OEM: ATI RADEON 9200) vesafb: VBE version: 2.0 vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5767 vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c57fb, set palette = c00c5847 vesafb: pmi: ports = a010 a016 a054 a038 a03c a05c a000 a004 a0b0 a0b2 a0b4 vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 0 Hz, hf = 0 kHz, clk = 0 MHz vesafb: scrolling: ywrap using protected mode interface, yres_virtual=1536 vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe000, mapped to 0xe088, using 3072k, total 16384k grep CONFIG_FB /usr/src/linux/.config: CONFIG_FB=y CONFIG_FB_MODE_HELPERS=y # CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING is not set # CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is not set # CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set # CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set # CONFIG_FB_ASILIANT is not set # CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y CONFIG_FB_VESA=y # CONFIG_FB_VESA_STD is not set CONFIG_FB_VESA_TNG=y CONFIG_FB_VESA_DEFAULT_MODE=[EMAIL PROTECTED] # CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set # CONFIG_FB_RIVA is not set # CONFIG_FB_I810 is not set # CONFIG_FB_INTEL is not set # CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set # CONFIG_FB_RADEON_OLD is not set CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y # CONFIG_FB_RADEON_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set # CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set # CONFIG_FB_SAVAGE is not set # CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set # CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set # CONFIG_FB_KYRO is not set # CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set # CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set # CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set # CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set CONFIG_FB_SPLASH=y But still no image on boot!!! :( Can somebody help me? Because I new in Gentoo, last 4 years I worked on FreeBSD -- Vitaly Kovalyshyn aka samael ICQ: 169219607 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix System Administrator Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church ~~~ Open Your mind - use OpenSource! Nothing else matters, © Metallica Цели ясны, задачи определены, за работу, товарищи, © pgpEqaC0a9kgo.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
Vitaly Kovalyshyn aka samael wrote: Hello! I've problems with fbsplash 2! in grub.conf: title Gentoo Linux root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] plash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.0 initrd /fbsplash-livecd-2005.0-1024x768 in dmesg: # dmesg | grep vesafb Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent vesafb: ATI Technologies Inc., V280, 01.00 (OEM: ATI RADEON 9200) vesafb: VBE version: 2.0 vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5767 vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c57fb, set palette = c00c5847 vesafb: pmi: ports = a010 a016 a054 a038 a03c a05c a000 a004 a0b0 a0b2 a0b4 vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 0 Hz, hf = 0 kHz, clk = 0 MHz vesafb: scrolling: ywrap using protected mode interface, yres_virtual=1536 vesafb: framebuffer at 0xe000, mapped to 0xe088, using 3072k, total 16384k Do you also get a message about checking if initrd is initramfs... in dmesg? If not, then you probably don't have ram disk or initrd support in your kernel configuration. If so, then everything looks right, and maybe you can try a couple of different resolutions, and particularly, bit depths. 1024x768-24 or 1024x768-32 might work better. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 07:11 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: LostSon wrote: On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 23:31 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Christoph Eckert schreef: I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh Umm... pardon me for asking, but you've said at least twice that an error informs you that splash can't open the config file on /etc/splash-- but you've never said that you checked the config file at /etc/splash to confirm that it 1) exists 2) is readable (permissions, syntax) does something in or related to /etc/splash (like /etc/conf.d/splash, or in some strange twist of fate, /etc/init.d/splash, in addition to the config file found in each theme folder in /etc/splash itself) have some association with fd0 (the floppy drive) for some reason? Do you even have a floppy drive? Even so, the splash config file certainly won't be found there. Yes the files exist and the permissions are right where i should be able to use them. and the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 i have no idea wtf they are. /dev/fb/0 (symlinked from /dev/fb0) are the device nodes for accessing the framebuffer device. During services startup (i.e, the part that happens after after the root filesystem is mounted and the kernel starts init) these nodes are created automatically when udevstart is run by /sbin/rc. This only happens if a usable framebuffer driver is compiled into your kernel (not as a module!) and the driver found a usable graphics card. Could you post your dmesg output right after booting. I want to make sure that the framebuffer device is being found at boot time. You should be seeing messages like this: radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from BIOS radeonfb: Reference=27.00 MHz (RefDiv=6) Memory=344.00 Mhz, System=236.00 MHz radeonfb: PLL min 2 max 35000 Non-DDC laptop panel detected radeonfb: Monitor 1 type LCD found radeonfb: Monitor 2 type no found radeonfb: panel ID string: 1600x1200 radeonfb: detected LVDS panel size from BIOS: 1600x1200 radeondb: BIOS provided dividers will be used radeonfb: Dynamic Clock Power Management enabled Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75 fbsplash: console 0 using theme 'emergence' fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console 0 radeonfb (:01:00.0): ATI Radeon NP I think yours should say something about vesafb-tng. -Richard My dmesg output shows nothing like that at all im digging around for the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 but dont have either of these either. I must of screwed something up pretty damn bad. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Fox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 11:14 -0500, LostSon wrote: On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 07:11 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: LostSon wrote: On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 23:31 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Christoph Eckert schreef: I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh Umm... pardon me for asking, but you've said at least twice that an error informs you that splash can't open the config file on /etc/splash-- but you've never said that you checked the config file at /etc/splash to confirm that it 1) exists 2) is readable (permissions, syntax) does something in or related to /etc/splash (like /etc/conf.d/splash, or in some strange twist of fate, /etc/init.d/splash, in addition to the config file found in each theme folder in /etc/splash itself) have some association with fd0 (the floppy drive) for some reason? Do you even have a floppy drive? Even so, the splash config file certainly won't be found there. Yes the files exist and the permissions are right where i should be able to use them. and the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 i have no idea wtf they are. /dev/fb/0 (symlinked from /dev/fb0) are the device nodes for accessing the framebuffer device. During services startup (i.e, the part that happens after after the root filesystem is mounted and the kernel starts init) these nodes are created automatically when udevstart is run by /sbin/rc. This only happens if a usable framebuffer driver is compiled into your kernel (not as a module!) and the driver found a usable graphics card. Could you post your dmesg output right after booting. I want to make sure that the framebuffer device is being found at boot time. You should be seeing messages like this: radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from BIOS radeonfb: Reference=27.00 MHz (RefDiv=6) Memory=344.00 Mhz, System=236.00 MHz radeonfb: PLL min 2 max 35000 Non-DDC laptop panel detected radeonfb: Monitor 1 type LCD found radeonfb: Monitor 2 type no found radeonfb: panel ID string: 1600x1200 radeonfb: detected LVDS panel size from BIOS: 1600x1200 radeondb: BIOS provided dividers will be used radeonfb: Dynamic Clock Power Management enabled Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75 fbsplash: console 0 using theme 'emergence' fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console 0 radeonfb (:01:00.0): ATI Radeon NP I think yours should say something about vesafb-tng. -Richard My dmesg output shows nothing like that at all im digging around for the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 but dont have either of these either. I must of screwed something up pretty damn bad. Ok i switched to vesafb-tng and now im getting some dmesg like this vesafb: NVIDIA Corporation, NV36 Board - p190-3n , Chip Rev(OEM: NVIDIA) vesafb: VBE version: 3.0 vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:e510 vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00ce546, set palette = c00ce5b0 vesafb: pmi: ports = 3b4 3b5 3ba 3c0 3c1 3c4 3c5 3c6 3c7 3c8 3c9 3cc 3ce 3cf 3d0 3d1 3d2 3d3 3d4 3d5 3da vesafb: hardware supports DDC2 transfers vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 160 Hz, hf = 85 kHz, clk = 190 MHz vesafb: scrolling: redraw Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30 fbsplash: console 0 using theme 'emergence' vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd000, mapped to 0xf888, using 600k, total 131072k fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device but still no image getting closer though maybe yet today -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Fox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
LostSon wrote: /dev/fb/0 (symlinked from /dev/fb0) are the device nodes for accessing the framebuffer device. During services startup (i.e, the part that happens after after the root filesystem is mounted and the kernel starts init) these nodes are created automatically when udevstart is run by /sbin/rc. This only happens if a usable framebuffer driver is compiled into your kernel (not as a module!) and the driver found a usable graphics card. Could you post your dmesg output right after booting. I want to make sure that the framebuffer device is being found at boot time. You should be seeing messages like this: radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from BIOS radeonfb: Reference=27.00 MHz (RefDiv=6) Memory=344.00 Mhz, System=236.00 MHz radeonfb: PLL min 2 max 35000 Non-DDC laptop panel detected radeonfb: Monitor 1 type LCD found radeonfb: Monitor 2 type no found radeonfb: panel ID string: 1600x1200 radeonfb: detected LVDS panel size from BIOS: 1600x1200 radeondb: BIOS provided dividers will be used radeonfb: Dynamic Clock Power Management enabled Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75 fbsplash: console 0 using theme 'emergence' fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console 0 radeonfb (:01:00.0): ATI Radeon NP I think yours should say something about vesafb-tng. -Richard My dmesg output shows nothing like that at all im digging around for the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 but dont have either of these either. I must of screwed something up pretty damn bad. No, don't be so hard on yourself. Most likely you just missed a kernel configuration option, or configured things as modules instead of statically into the kernel, both of which are pretty common mistakes. What does grep CONFIG_FB /usr/src/linux/.config report? -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 23:36 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: LostSon wrote: /dev/fb/0 (symlinked from /dev/fb0) are the device nodes for accessing the framebuffer device. During services startup (i.e, the part that happens after after the root filesystem is mounted and the kernel starts init) these nodes are created automatically when udevstart is run by /sbin/rc. This only happens if a usable framebuffer driver is compiled into your kernel (not as a module!) and the driver found a usable graphics card. Could you post your dmesg output right after booting. I want to make sure that the framebuffer device is being found at boot time. You should be seeing messages like this: radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from BIOS radeonfb: Reference=27.00 MHz (RefDiv=6) Memory=344.00 Mhz, System=236.00 MHz radeonfb: PLL min 2 max 35000 Non-DDC laptop panel detected radeonfb: Monitor 1 type LCD found radeonfb: Monitor 2 type no found radeonfb: panel ID string: 1600x1200 radeonfb: detected LVDS panel size from BIOS: 1600x1200 radeondb: BIOS provided dividers will be used radeonfb: Dynamic Clock Power Management enabled Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75 fbsplash: console 0 using theme 'emergence' fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console 0 radeonfb (:01:00.0): ATI Radeon NP I think yours should say something about vesafb-tng. -Richard My dmesg output shows nothing like that at all im digging around for the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 but dont have either of these either. I must of screwed something up pretty damn bad. No, don't be so hard on yourself. Most likely you just missed a kernel configuration option, or configured things as modules instead of statically into the kernel, both of which are pretty common mistakes. What does grep CONFIG_FB /usr/src/linux/.config report? -Richard Aha!! Success yeah it was just me screwing up my kernel config not setting a resolution right. And switching to vesafb-tng helped out alot also. Thanks for your help and patience, it is greatly appreciated. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Fox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:45:47 +0200, Tony Davison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 19 July 2005 21:27, charly ghislain wrote: On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:12:38 +0200, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LostSon wrote: On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 20:44 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: LostSon wrote: Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 make sure nano didnt cut your kernel line. The video= option should be on the same line than the kernel one. It should look like: title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=... #(one line) initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 This is very annoying, but while editing a line larger than the console, nano cut it into two lines :( You have to check every time, go to the end of the first part of the cuted line and press delete Use nano -w file.name to avoid line wraps. Thanks. I remember now that it was the command used in the handbook. It will save me usefull time :) charly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 It tries to go to it but it just stays in text mode with no splash it doesnt even go to 1024x768. I get this when booting Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,theme:gentoo quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 Im not sure what that means though. Any ideas, thanks. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Fox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
I think the Fbsplash isnt working in 2.6-rx dont know why but i cant get it to work neither. On 7/19/05, LostSon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HelloI am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed thedirections on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like thistitle=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplashroot (hd0,0)kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 It tries to go to it but it just stays in text mode with no splash itdoesnt even go to 1024x768. I get this when bootingKernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED]splash=silent,theme:gentoo quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 Im not sure what that means though. Any ideas, thanks.--LostSonhttp://www.lostsonsvault.orgFox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.orgBodyID:45422903.2.n.logpart (stored separately)-- Ramon Gutierrez
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
LostSon schreef: Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 It tries to go to it but it just stays in text mode with no splash it doesnt even go to 1024x768. I get this when booting Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,theme:gentoo quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 Im not sure what that means though. Any ideas, thanks. That means, afaik, that there is an error in the syntax of that specific line, and you need to fix it, as GRUB can't figure out or even guess what the heck you mean. For reference, here's my kernel command line (splash does work for me): kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 video=vesafb-tng:ywrap,mtrr,pmipal,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 The (main) difference I see is that you have no bit depth specified in your video= command, but perhaps vesafb doesn't need one. I also see that I'm using pmipal and you aren't but since I don't even know what that is anyway, I'll assume it's not important. So what I'm wondering is-- you're asking for vesafb in the command line, but is that actually the framebuffer that you've selected in the kernel (in menuconfig, Device Drivers section =Graphics support, what is the actual name of the vesa framebuffer being built)? Mine looks like VESA VGA graphics support VESA driver type (vesafb-tng) --- Does it actually say 'vesafb' between your parentheses (as I believe that vesafb-tng is the default if you enable VESA VGA graphics support)? Also what version of splashutils, did you recently upgrade the kernel from 2.6.11, and if so, did you re-generate the splash initrd (there's an einfo to this effect in the recent splashutils ebuilds)? HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 17:50 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: LostSon schreef: Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 It tries to go to it but it just stays in text mode with no splash it doesnt even go to 1024x768. I get this when booting Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,theme:gentoo quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 Im not sure what that means though. Any ideas, thanks. That means, afaik, that there is an error in the syntax of that specific line, and you need to fix it, as GRUB can't figure out or even guess what the heck you mean. For reference, here's my kernel command line (splash does work for me): kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 video=vesafb-tng:ywrap,mtrr,pmipal,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,theme:emergence quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 The (main) difference I see is that you have no bit depth specified in your video= command, but perhaps vesafb doesn't need one. I also see that I'm using pmipal and you aren't but since I don't even know what that is anyway, I'll assume it's not important. So what I'm wondering is-- you're asking for vesafb in the command line, but is that actually the framebuffer that you've selected in the kernel (in menuconfig, Device Drivers section =Graphics support, what is the actual name of the vesa framebuffer being built)? Mine looks like VESA VGA graphics support VESA driver type (vesafb-tng) --- Does it actually say 'vesafb' between your parentheses (as I believe that vesafb-tng is the default if you enable VESA VGA graphics support)? Also what version of splashutils, did you recently upgrade the kernel from 2.6.11, and if so, did you re-generate the splash initrd (there's an einfo to this effect in the recent splashutils ebuilds)? HTH, Holly Ok i tried adding that in my line but still no luck alot of what im getting is errors about not being able to load config files and fd0 or fb0 it goes by so fast and i cannot find these error messages in any of my logs either. Im using splashutils-1.1.9.7 btw, thanks -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Fox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
So after spending a day messing with and research fb'ing, i gots nothing but messed up fonts in xfce which i'm STILL trying to fix and actaully, i might send a email to the list about it please do so, I have the same troubles :( . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
LostSon wrote: Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 Um, is fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 in the /boot directory? Is your root filesystem /dev/hda1? If the answer to both is yes, then the initrd line should say: initrd (hd0,0)/boot/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
Ramón Gutiérrez wrote: I think the Fbsplash isnt working in 2.6-rx dont know why but i cant get it to work neither. WFM with the emergence theme and 2.6.12-gentoo-r5 (r2-r4 were also ok). I have a Radeon mobility 9600 and am using the radeonfb driver. Unfortunately my initrd is highly custom, and linked into my kernel, so comparisons will be tough. Do you get the frame buffer, but no graphics? If so, you most likely need to add RAM disk support and Initial RAM disk (initrd) support to your kernel. Both options are found under Device Drivers-Block devices. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 20:44 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: LostSon wrote: Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 Um, is fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 in the /boot directory? Is your root filesystem /dev/hda1? If the answer to both is yes, then the initrd line should say: initrd (hd0,0)/boot/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 -Richard OK I have tried this as well and still no luck i just keep getting an error about Cant open config file in /etc/splash/emergence or /gentoo depending o which splash i use. There is more stuff about /dev/fb0 or /dev/fd0 i cant seem to find these messages in any of my log files though. -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Fox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
LostSon wrote: On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 20:44 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: LostSon wrote: Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 Um, is fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 in the /boot directory? Is your root filesystem /dev/hda1? If the answer to both is yes, then the initrd line should say: initrd (hd0,0)/boot/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 -Richard OK I have tried this as well and still no luck i just keep getting an error about Cant open config file in /etc/splash/emergence or /gentoo depending o which splash i use. There is more stuff about /dev/fb0 or /dev/fd0 i cant seem to find these messages in any of my log files though. Does your kernel configuration include both RAM disk and Initial RAM disk support (under Device Drivers-Block Devices)? Both are required for loading the initramfs through the initrd memory protocol. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:12:38 +0200, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LostSon wrote: On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 20:44 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: LostSon wrote: Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 make sure nano didnt cut your kernel line. The video= option should be on the same line than the kernel one. It should look like: title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=... #(one line) initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 This is very annoying, but while editing a line larger than the console, nano cut it into two lines :( You have to check every time, go to the end of the first part of the cuted line and press delete charly Um, is fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 in the /boot directory? Is your root filesystem /dev/hda1? If the answer to both is yes, then the initrd line should say: initrd (hd0,0)/boot/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 -Richard OK I have tried this as well and still no luck i just keep getting an error about Cant open config file in /etc/splash/emergence or /gentoo depending o which splash i use. There is more stuff about /dev/fb0 or /dev/fd0 i cant seem to find these messages in any of my log files though. Does your kernel configuration include both RAM disk and Initial RAM disk support (under Device Drivers-Block Devices)? Both are required for loading the initramfs through the initrd memory protocol. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Tuesday 19 July 2005 21:27, charly ghislain wrote: On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:12:38 +0200, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LostSon wrote: On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 20:44 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: LostSon wrote: Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 make sure nano didnt cut your kernel line. The video= option should be on the same line than the kernel one. It should look like: title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=... #(one line) initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 This is very annoying, but while editing a line larger than the console, nano cut it into two lines :( You have to check every time, go to the end of the first part of the cuted line and press delete Use nano -w file.name to avoid line wraps. -- Tony Davison [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 21:45 +0100, Tony Davison wrote: On Tuesday 19 July 2005 21:27, charly ghislain wrote: On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:12:38 +0200, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LostSon wrote: On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 20:44 +0200, Richard Fish wrote: LostSon wrote: Hello I am trying to get fbsplash to work and am stuck. I have followed the directions on the gentoo-wiki site but still no luck. Im using vesafb with a 2.6.12-r6 kernel. my grub.conf looks like this title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] spla$ initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 make sure nano didnt cut your kernel line. The video= option should be on the same line than the kernel one. It should look like: title=Gentoo-2.6.12-r6-fbsplash root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage.new25 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=... #(one line) initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-gentoo-1024x768 This is very annoying, but while editing a line larger than the console, nano cut it into two lines :( You have to check every time, go to the end of the first part of the cuted line and press delete Use nano -w file.name to avoid line wraps. -- Tony Davison [EMAIL PROTECTED] I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Fox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh same for me. I've been playing the whole evening eith different settings but no result. Interesting: The splash image gets loaded as soon as the machine switches to runlevel three. BTW: I try to set it up @ 1400x1050. Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 23:10 +0200, Christoph Eckert wrote: I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh same for me. I've been playing the whole evening eith different settings but no result. Interesting: The splash image gets loaded as soon as the machine switches to runlevel three. BTW: I try to set it up @ 1400x1050. Best regards ce Yeah its been 3 days here building kernels with different options and the like im about to give up on it. I have my terminal set at 1024x768 anyway which looks nice by itself, i just thought this would be interesting to try and see what it looks like, but im starting to think it isnt worth the trouble,lol -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Fox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
Yeah its been 3 days here building kernels with different options and the like im about to give up on it. I have my terminal set at 1024x768 anyway which looks nice by itself, i just thought this would be interesting to try and see what it looks like, but im starting to think it isnt worth the trouble,lol Same for me. I'm happy to have 1400x1050 at the console now. OK, booting with a deep blue background still looks a bit more interesting than plain black white, and I especialoly like the silent splash. But I'll give up. Spend some hours with it, I should better have catched my guitar instead ;-) . Best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
Christoph Eckert schreef: I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh Umm... pardon me for asking, but you've said at least twice that an error informs you that splash can't open the config file on /etc/splash-- but you've never said that you checked the config file at /etc/splash to confirm that it 1) exists 2) is readable (permissions, syntax) does something in or related to /etc/splash (like /etc/conf.d/splash, or in some strange twist of fate, /etc/init.d/splash, in addition to the config file found in each theme folder in /etc/splash itself) have some association with fd0 (the floppy drive) for some reason? Do you even have a floppy drive? Even so, the splash config file certainly won't be found there. The nice thing about Linux is that error messages are in fact meaningful, and often lead directly to a solution. Perhaps you should heed this one a bit more closely. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
Christoph Eckert wrote: I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh same for me. I've been playing the whole evening eith different settings but no result. Interesting: The splash image gets loaded as soon as the machine switches to runlevel three. BTW: I try to set it up @ 1400x1050. So, this means you have the framebuffer device and fbsplash working...just not at kernel boot time. This probably means you do not have the right kernel options for initrd loading, or a bad grub configuration. Could you post your dmesg output...specifically looking for a line that says something like checking if initrd is initramfs...it (is/isn't)... -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 23:31 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Christoph Eckert schreef: I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh Umm... pardon me for asking, but you've said at least twice that an error informs you that splash can't open the config file on /etc/splash-- but you've never said that you checked the config file at /etc/splash to confirm that it 1) exists 2) is readable (permissions, syntax) does something in or related to /etc/splash (like /etc/conf.d/splash, or in some strange twist of fate, /etc/init.d/splash, in addition to the config file found in each theme folder in /etc/splash itself) have some association with fd0 (the floppy drive) for some reason? Do you even have a floppy drive? Even so, the splash config file certainly won't be found there. Yes the files exist and the permissions are right where i should be able to use them. and the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 i have no idea wtf they are. The nice thing about Linux is that error messages are in fact meaningful, and often lead directly to a solution. Perhaps you should heed this one a bit more closely. Holly -- LostSon http://www.lostsonsvault.org Fox Cities Linux User Group = www.foxlug.org signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
LostSon schreef: On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 23:31 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Christoph Eckert schreef: I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh Umm... pardon me for asking, but you've said at least twice that an error informs you that splash can't open the config file on /etc/splash-- but you've never said that you checked the config file at /etc/splash to confirm that it 1) exists 2) is readable (permissions, syntax) Yes the files exist and the permissions are right where i should be able to use them. and the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 i have no idea wtf they are. Now that we know they're /dev/fb and not /dev/fd (which is the floppy drive), I would imagine that they refer to the framebuffer devices (which are apparently not being created? or are being created too late?) Now, on my system, /dev/fb0 is a symlink to /dev/fb/0, which is as it should be-- and makes me think that this is a udev issue, as that's udev device creation-type naming. Since the devices are eventually being created (as you've indicated that your framebuffer later works), that suggests that you have hotplug creating the device late in the boot process. Do you have coldplug, which is responsible for creating the early devices (presumably like this one)? Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
Thanks Richard, So, this means you have the framebuffer device and fbsplash working...just not at kernel boot time. This probably means you do not have the right kernel options for initrd loading, or a bad grub configuration. Could you post your dmesg output...specifically looking for a line that says something like checking if initrd is initramfs...it (is/isn't)... at least for my part I got it to work by trial and error. The machine didn't like the 1400x1050 resolution, but now I'm fine with 1280x1024. Thanks best regards ce -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problems
LostSon wrote: On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 23:31 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: Christoph Eckert schreef: I checked this per your instructions as well and no it hasnt cut it off its all on one line. Still no luck im still just getting the cant open config file on /etc/splash error and fd0 crap, heh Umm... pardon me for asking, but you've said at least twice that an error informs you that splash can't open the config file on /etc/splash-- but you've never said that you checked the config file at /etc/splash to confirm that it 1) exists 2) is readable (permissions, syntax) does something in or related to /etc/splash (like /etc/conf.d/splash, or in some strange twist of fate, /etc/init.d/splash, in addition to the config file found in each theme folder in /etc/splash itself) have some association with fd0 (the floppy drive) for some reason? Do you even have a floppy drive? Even so, the splash config file certainly won't be found there. Yes the files exist and the permissions are right where i should be able to use them. and the /dev/fb0 and /dev/fb/0 i have no idea wtf they are. /dev/fb/0 (symlinked from /dev/fb0) are the device nodes for accessing the framebuffer device. During services startup (i.e, the part that happens after after the root filesystem is mounted and the kernel starts init) these nodes are created automatically when udevstart is run by /sbin/rc. This only happens if a usable framebuffer driver is compiled into your kernel (not as a module!) and the driver found a usable graphics card. Could you post your dmesg output right after booting. I want to make sure that the framebuffer device is being found at boot time. You should be seeing messages like this: radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from BIOS radeonfb: Reference=27.00 MHz (RefDiv=6) Memory=344.00 Mhz, System=236.00 MHz radeonfb: PLL min 2 max 35000 Non-DDC laptop panel detected radeonfb: Monitor 1 type LCD found radeonfb: Monitor 2 type no found radeonfb: panel ID string: 1600x1200 radeonfb: detected LVDS panel size from BIOS: 1600x1200 radeondb: BIOS provided dividers will be used radeonfb: Dynamic Clock Power Management enabled Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x75 fbsplash: console 0 using theme 'emergence' fbsplash: switched splash state to 'on' on console 0 radeonfb (:01:00.0): ATI Radeon NP I think yours should say something about vesafb-tng. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problem !!!
I am using splashutils, I believe that this means I am using GenSplash !? On 7/18/05, Mrugesh Karnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: I tried to use bouth vesafb and vesafb-tng, in tng I used the same resolution as the theme agian neather one of then worked Are you trying Gensplash or Bootsplash? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] fbsplash problem !!!
Hi all, Ie been looking at thee gentoo wiki and internet to find out what my problem is but can't find it any where. I installed splash_utils and make the right kernel options and when I try to run splash_util -c on I got this error message FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE failed, error code 22. Does someone have a clue of what this could be ? Thank you all, Allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problem !!!
Allan Spagnol Comar schreef: Hi all, Ie been looking at thee gentoo wiki and internet to find out what my problem is but can't find it any where. I installed splash_utils and make the right kernel options and when I try to run splash_util -c on I got this error message FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE failed, error code 22. Does someone have a clue of what this could be ? Thank you all, Allan I've seen the same or similar error to this-- but only when the following conditions are met: 1) When using the livecd-2005.0 theme (I've installed the livecd-2005.1 theme, but haven't tried it yet) 2) in verbose mode (in silent mode, I get a kernel panic). The cause seems to be that the livecd-2005.0 theme is not complete (no 8bpp images), and while I could probably convert copies of the existing images to 8bpp so that the config would find the images it's looking for, I really can't be bothered to do so atm. Emergence works fine (mostly; slight graphical corruption, possibly due to my ATI card) in both silent and verbose modes. Too bad I don't really like Emergence, but at least it has a matching GDM theme-- which is more than can be said for the livecd themes-- so my boot process has at least a consistent look (if not one I'm most fond of). What version of splashutils, and kernel are you using, and what splash theme? HTH, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problem !!!
I am using splashutils 1.1.9.7 and livecd-2005.1, and genkernel 3.2.5 works very well with all the stuff. So I think you can find the solution inside the genkernel scripts. -- Yuan MEI -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problem !!!
Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: Hi, I am using kernel 2.6.12-r4 ans splashutils 1.1.9.7, I had tried emergence and livecd-2005.0 themes and none had worked :( Check your kernel config and see if you've used vesafb-tng. Also, set the resolution for vesafb-tng the same as the resolution of your splash theme. For example, on my system, im using the 1280x1024 version of emergence (2005.0/2005.1 doesn't work for me though) with the default console resolution for vesafb-tng set also to 1280x1024. HTH. Mrugesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problem !!!
I tried to use bouth vesafb and vesafb-tng, in tng I used the same resolution as the theme agian neather one of then worked On 7/17/05, Mrugesh Karnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: Hi, I am using kernel 2.6.12-r4 ans splashutils 1.1.9.7, I had tried emergence and livecd-2005.0 themes and none had worked :( Check your kernel config and see if you've used vesafb-tng. Also, set the resolution for vesafb-tng the same as the resolution of your splash theme. For example, on my system, im using the 1280x1024 version of emergence (2005.0/2005.1 doesn't work for me though) with the default console resolution for vesafb-tng set also to 1280x1024. HTH. Mrugesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash problem !!!
Allan Spagnol Comar wrote: I tried to use bouth vesafb and vesafb-tng, in tng I used the same resolution as the theme agian neather one of then worked Are you trying Gensplash or Bootsplash? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
Did you created /dev/tty1? From the ebuild: * It appears that the /dev/tty1 character device doesn't exist on * the root filesystem. This will prevent the silent mode from working * properly. You can fix the problem by doing: * mount --bind / /lib/splash/tmp * mknod /lib/splash/tmp/dev/tty1 c 4 1 * umount /lib/splash/tmp That did the trick for me. Canek On 7/10/05, Uwe Thiem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 10 July 2005 21:07, Manuel McLure wrote: Uwe Thiem wrote: Still no joy. Same behaviour as before. :-( Actually, I wouldn't give a rat's ass for it but this is for a customer, and looks are important. Did you update the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r4? The splashutils ebuild uses that to figure out what kernel to build against. -- Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mclure.org ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft Yes, of course I did. Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Canek Peláez Valdés Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
On Sunday 10 July 2005 21:07, Manuel McLure wrote: Uwe Thiem wrote: Still no joy. Same behaviour as before. :-( Actually, I wouldn't give a rat's ass for it but this is for a customer, and looks are important. Did you update the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r4? The splashutils ebuild uses that to figure out what kernel to build against. -- Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mclure.org ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft Yes, of course I did. Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] fbsplash
Hi folks, verbose mode of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2 during the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the background is black instead of showing my specified picture. Same behaviour for the themes emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a couple of kernels, so I am not too sure when it started. Current kernel is 2.6.12-r4. Anybody else seeing this? Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
Uwe Thiem wrote: Hi folks, verbose mode of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2 during the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the background is black instead of showing my specified picture. Same behaviour for the themes emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a couple of kernels, so I am not too sure when it started. Current kernel is 2.6.12-r4. Anybody else seeing this? Not happening to me. What are your kernel boot options? Does specifying verbose there work? -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
Uwe Thiem wrote: Hi folks, verbose mode of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2 during the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the background is black instead of showing my specified picture. Same behaviour for the themes emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a couple of kernels, so I am not too sure when it started. Current kernel is 2.6.12-r4. If you switch to 2.6.12 from 2.6.11 you will need to remerge splashutils and rebuild your bootsplash ramdisk, since the splash protocol has changed. I saw the same problem with 2.6.12. The new splashutils ebuild has the following to say: * If you upgrade your kernel from pre-2.6.12 to 2.6.12 or higher, please * make sure that you remerge this package and rebuild your initrds. You * can use the splash_geninitramfs script to do that. -- Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mclure.org ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
On Sunday 10 July 2005 18:21, Richard Fish wrote: Uwe Thiem wrote: Hi folks, verbose mode of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2 during the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the background is black instead of showing my specified picture. Same behaviour for the themes emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a couple of kernels, so I am not too sure when it started. Current kernel is 2.6.12-r4. Anybody else seeing this? Not happening to me. What are your kernel boot options? Does specifying verbose there work? No, doesn't work either. The options are pretty much out of HOWTO.fbsplash: kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r4 root=/dev/hda2 CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 udev video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,theme:sysex initrd /boot/fbsplash-sysex-1024x768 I just added udev for obvious reasons and CONSOLE because the kernel complained about that option missing (plus, silent mode didn't work without it either). Could reduce bpp to 16 or some such but then again, why would silent work while verbose doesn't? I've got another box where everything still works. That one runs an older kernel (2.6.9-r3). So I guess it's kernel dependent. Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
On Sunday 10 July 2005 18:39, Manuel McLure wrote: Uwe Thiem wrote: Hi folks, verbose mode of fbsplash doesn't seem to work any more. If I press F2 during the boot process or switch to a text console after booting the background is black instead of showing my specified picture. Same behaviour for the themes emergence, gentoo and my own one. I skipped a couple of kernels, so I am not too sure when it started. Current kernel is 2.6.12-r4. If you switch to 2.6.12 from 2.6.11 you will need to remerge splashutils and rebuild your bootsplash ramdisk, since the splash protocol has changed. I saw the same problem with 2.6.12. The new splashutils ebuild has the following to say: * If you upgrade your kernel from pre-2.6.12 to 2.6.12 or higher, please * make sure that you remerge this package and rebuild your initrds. You * can use the splash_geninitramfs script to do that. Still no joy. Same behaviour as before. :-( Actually, I wouldn't give a rat's ass for it but this is for a customer, and looks are important. Uwe -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash
Uwe Thiem wrote: Still no joy. Same behaviour as before. :-( Actually, I wouldn't give a rat's ass for it but this is for a customer, and looks are important. Did you update the /usr/src/linux symlink to point to linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r4? The splashutils ebuild uses that to figure out what kernel to build against. -- Manuel A. McLure KE6TAW [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mclure.org ...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fbsplash no longer updating the bar
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 01:57 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: I noticed recently that the bar that moves across the screen on my splash screen is no longer doing it... same kernel i'm fairly certian. i don't generally run the latest kernels. i do run a mixed ~x86 system. and i saw that i got an update to * media-gfx/splashutils Latest version available: 1.1.9.6-r1 Latest version installed: 1.1.9.6-r1 did something change? I think so. I noticed gentoo-sources has moved to 2.6.12. Reading the changelog for gentoo-sources: Initial 2.6.12 release. Features inotify 0.23-12 and fbsplash 0.9.2-r3. Be aware that you need udev-058 or newer, and splashutils-1.1.9.6 or newer (only if you use fbsplash) to avoid potential problems. Speakup is missing from this release but will return soon. so obviously there are some fbsplash changes, and no doubt if gentoo-sources-2.6.12 requires splashutils-1.1.9.6 or greater, then perhaps the converse is also true. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
