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ivan300
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 Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 12:55 am Post subject: no progress bar in bootsplash :( |
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thnx for the help guys i have the silent splash working. now i just need to get the progress bar to work 
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FreeFly42
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Don't add bootsplash to default until you have it working in the kernel, or it could hang you.! 
In your Grub.conf you have
| Quote: | kernel=(hd0,3)/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hda3
video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=792
initrd=(hd0,3)/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r9 |
the video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr needs to be on the same line as the kernel command (they are options passed to the kernel, not a separate grub command), the vga mode may need to be in hex, and you are trying 64M colors (which probably isn't what the initrd was generated with, so it won't work) Is that really the name of your initrd file? Do a ls /boot and make sure it's right (I haven't seen anyone using that particular naming convention yet, but you could be the first!) Also, I've seen a lot of people using '=' after the initrd line, but it is actually a grub command and should be followed by a space.
Based on this, I would think your grub.conf should look more like:
| Quote: | kernel=(hd0,3)/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317
initrd (hd0,3)/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r9 |
Also check this thread for a description of how you can test your initrd and bootsplash quickly using the grub command prompt.
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ivan300
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| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:18 am Post subject: |
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everythin is on the same line. and i made the initrd thats why it has a wierd name  |
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Vanquirius
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Did you enable framebuffer console support as well?
device drivers -> graphics support -> console display driver support -> framebuffer console support
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ivan300
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| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:34 am Post subject: |
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it was all beacuse of that one = in the initrd line. well now i have framebuffer working now all i need to do is get the bootsplash to work
EDIT: silent bootsplash is working and look sweet but the progress bar doesnt work :'( |
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FreeFly42
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If framebuffer is working but bootsplash isn't, you will get an "invalid initrd" error immediately after booting. This almost certainly means the option you chose for the vga=0x*** doesn't correspond exactly to the resolution and color depth of the initrd. If you follow my instructions (in that previous link) you'll see how you can figure out how to get them to match.
Edit: Just 'cuz I'm a n00b doesn't mean I don't know anything.
Oh wait, yes it does.
Oh wait, I'm not a n00b anymore!
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