> I just tried it, and hey, it works. > > You must have -B console=graphics in addition to the > splashimage, or the > console text is just going to do weird things to your > video memory. > Sounds like both of you are experiencing that. > > However, I noticed the current code > (http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate > /usr/src/uts/i86pc/os/graphics.c#progressbar_show ) > just displays a white bar in a black box. > > This was supposed to have been prettified in snv_34: > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bu > g_id=6363028 > > The history for the file only refers to CR 6362643 =\
I was using the instructions in this blog post: http://blogs.sun.com/setje/entry/faster_seamless_boot_progress_graphics which says that "console=graphics" has been superseded by "splashimage". If you are getting a white bar in a black box then you are probably getting the old code that is activated by using "console=graphics". The one that did work with the "splashimage" entry in menu.lst had a full screen splash similar to the grub backdrop, with the Solaris logo in the top left corner. There is an off-yellow "moving blob" thing (a bit like the blue thing Windows XP has on its splash screen) as well. This behaves similar to XP's splash screen in that it stays on the screen until X starts up. The normal console boot messages are therefore hidden from view. Maybe once Solaris gets virtual consoles this can be revived. Virtual console support should fix the current code's inability to switch back to the text-mode console. For consistency between platforms it would be nice to have this on SPARC also. Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org
