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DeZZa
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ExecutorElassus ..
So we have the same problem right? Well, at least i'm not alone .. |
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Filan
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| i get "failed to load PNG file /etc/splash/umbrella/images/verbose-1024x768-240.png" yet the file exists and was saved in PNG format by gimp. |
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ExecutorElassus
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deZZA: i'm guessing that it's the same issue, but i'm not sure. i have an nvidia ti4600 chipset on my vid card, if that makes a difference.
also, the liveCD had bootsplash, so i know it isn't a hardware problem. just something wonky with the kernel. running 'splash -s -f /path/to/bootsplash.cfg > /boot/initrd worked fine, so i'm not sure what went wrong. i still get smaller fonts, so i know it's doing some kind of framebuffer action.
ideas?
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DeZZa
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| ExecutorElassus wrote: | deZZA: i'm guessing that it's the same issue, but i'm not sure. i have an nvidia ti4600 chipset on my vid card, if that makes a difference.
also, the liveCD had bootsplash, so i know it isn't a hardware problem. just something wonky with the kernel. running 'splash -s -f /path/to/bootsplash.cfg > /boot/initrd worked fine, so i'm not sure what went wrong. i still get smaller fonts, so i know it's doing some kind of framebuffer action.
ideas?
EE |
Why would you run it again? If you're only upgrading?
I'm using ti4200 .. But i'm not sure that's the problem .. Probally some tricky thing with the kernel .. But the 2.6.x kernels usually have some tricky problems with the latest stable ones .. I use 2.6.7 untill i find a solution .. |
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ExecutorElassus
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i kept re-compiling the kernel, trying different options, so i ran splash just to be safe.
at any rate: i couldn't even get it working on 2.6.7: that kernel wouldn't even give me small fonts, and 'make menuconfig' wouldn't let me enter the submenu for bootup logos at all.
wonder how you got it working...
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Cheesepie
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Hello, Im trying to get bootsplash working with RadeonFB (I'm using directFB, so vesafb is out of the question).
No matter what I do, when I try to load a bootsplash I get "error while decompressing image: depth mismatch (15)" in dmesg. Framebuffer is running at 1400x1050. The Image is also 1400x1050.
Ive tried both 96x96 pix/inch and 72x72pix/inch, nothing is working...
Also, I cant find any sort of documentation on RadeonFB... why?
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akela
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| I just upgraded to 2.6.8-gentoo-r3, and I can't get bootplash to work I can get the Vesa driver to work, and get the fonts all small and everything, but bootsplash won't work. I've double checked all the kernel options, so it's not that, and it worked on my 2.4.25 kernel without problems, so it's not hardware. Any help? |
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thelinuxjunkie
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:13 am Post subject: Framebuffer Woes |
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I am hoping that someone can assist me to get the framebuffer working in a usefull manner. I have compiled the kernel successfully and can get the framebuffer working at low resolutions.
I think that the problems stem from my monitor not reporting its capabilities. I have tried to specify them on the grub menu. However this seems to have no success. Relevent notes from logs are included.
Yours
A. Coombes
--Excerpt from Kernel messages--
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: monitor limits: vf = 0 Hz, hf = 0 kHz, clk = 0 MHz
vesafb: scrolling: ywrap using protected mode interface, yres_virtual=5242
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xf8800000, size 16384k
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
-- End excerpt from Kernel messages --
-- /proc/fb0/modes --
640x400-8
640x480-8
800x600-8
320x200-16
320x200-32
640x480-16
640x480-32
800x600-16
800x600-32
320x200-8
320x400-8
320x400-16
320x400-32
320x240-8
320x240-16
320x240-32
640x400-16
640x400-32
-- End of /proc/fb0/modes --
-- excerpt from grub.conf --
title Linux Backup
root (hd1,2)
kernel /bzImage root=/dev/hda5 hdb=ide-cd video=vesafb:1280x1024-32,ywrap,mtrr,noedid,nocrtc,maxhf:84,maxvf:160,maxclk:400
initrd /boot/initrd-1280x1024
-- end of excerpt from grub.conf -- |
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akela
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If I remember right, you have to specify the refresh rate on your grub line. (I'm no expert on this, in fact, I'm having much trouble with it myself  ). Try replacing | Code: | | video=vesafb:1280x1024-32,ywrap,mtrr,noedid,nocrtc,maxhf:84,maxvf:160,maxclk:400 |
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| Code: | video=vesafb:1280x1024-32@75,ywrap,mtrr,noedid,nocrtc,maxhf:84,maxvf:160,maxclk:400
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(The @75 is the change, right after 1280x1024-32) |
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thelinuxjunkie
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| Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:28 am Post subject: |
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I am having problems getting framebuffer support for any resolution above 800x600
I have tried using the grub setup -
kernel /bzImage root=/dev/hda5 hdb=ide-cd video=vesafb:1027x768-16@65,mtrr,maxhf:90,maxvf:75,maxclk:200
I get the kernel outut :-
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 doesn't support DCC transfers
vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 75 Hz, hf = 90 kHz, clk = 200 MHz
vesafb: mode 1153x864-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1280x960-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1280x960-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1280x1024-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1280x1024-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1280x1024-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1600x1200-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1600x1200-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1600x1200-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1600x1200-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1600x1200-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1792x1344-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1792x1344-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1856x1392-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1856x1392-16@0 not found
vesafb: mode 1920x1440-16@0 not found
vesafb: no matching VBE mode found
vesafb: probe of vesafb0 failed with error -22
However if i replace the "vesafb:1027x768-16@65" with "vesafb:800x600-32" it works (just at a reduced resolution).
Can anyone offer assistance.
Yours
A. Coombes |
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jochu
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Is there a way to get bootsplash to be in verbose mode AND display a progress bar?  (kernel 2.6.8.1) |
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Cheesepie
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| Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:12 am Post subject: |
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If anyone has had any luck or needs assitance with RadeonFB + Bootsplash, please post about it on this thread:
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Gentree
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| Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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I have a 4200Ti as well but no video IO. Bootsplash worked on 2.6.6-love4 wiht this card, but I now have more recent kernels that dont do bootsplash in I have not had much joy with gensplash.
HTH 
| Code: | 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 8x] (rev a1)
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drspin
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:56 am Post subject: ugly background |
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FB works great for me - my deal is that horrid image behind my CLI - how do I get rid of it... I want black...
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stubbornmule
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Looking for support making this work on a 3dfx Voodoo3. I haven't yet got around to making any GUI's work yet; that was going to be the next project once I had FB booting properly.
Please see the help request and problem details HERE.
Thanks! |
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rjs
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| count_zero wrote: | In case someone has gotten this error and has tried everything found on the forums with no success:
| Code: | You passed an undefined mode number.
Press <RETURN> to see video modes available, <SPACE> to continue or wait 30 secs |
Here's what I did to make the error go away. (Dell Inspiron 8200, nvidia geforce2 go)
Use this in your grub.conf (with appropriate kernel info):
| Code: | | kernel (hd0,2)/kernel-2.6.7-love7 root=/dev/hda6 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,vram:32,800x600-16@60 |
once I started explicitly listing my resolution information and omitting the vga option, everything worked! I hope this helps someone. |
This works for me as well. Thanks for the tip  |
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immer
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:42 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] |
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Hello all.
Kernel: 2.6.8-r3
I try to get bootsplash screen according to The Gentoo Framebuffer, Bootsplash & Grubsplash How-To. Now I have no /proc/splash file. My bootsplash doesn't work. I have black screen when I boot system (there is only small cursor on the top left corner). After I press ENTER default choice of grub.conf starts and screen reports: "You passed an undefined mode number". I can chose video mode, but I havent got bootsplash.
/boot/grub/grub.conf:
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timeout 30
default 0
# Nice, fat splash-image
splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xmp.gz
title=Gentoo Linux kernel-2.6.8-gentoo-r3
root (hd0,1)
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda2 video=vesafb:1024x768 vga=0x317
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd-1024x768
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dmesg | grep vesa:
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Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda2 video=vesafb:1024x768 vga=0x317
vesafb: NVidia Corporation, NV17 () Board, Chip Rev A2 (OEM: NVidia)
vesafb: VBE version: 3.0
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:e720
vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00ce765, set palette = c00ce7ea
vesafb: pmi: ports = b4c3 b503 ba03 c003 c103 c403 c503 c603 c703 c803 c903 cc03 ce03 cf03 d003 d103 d203 d303 d403 d503 da03 ff03
vesafb: hardware doesn't support DCC transfers
vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 0 Hz, hf = 0 kHz, clk = 0 MHz
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xdc000000, mapped to 0xe0807000, size 16384k
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I try to add @60 @72 @85 to video kernel parameter but it didn't help. I have LCD on laptop where 1024x768 is maximum resolution. If I cut vga parameter system doesn't raport any "errors", but I havent got bootsplash neither.
How can I make bootsplash works? Please give me some advice.
Add: problem is solved.
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WildCoder
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:24 am Post subject: Highres but no image 2.6.8-r3 |
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Hello,
I just setup a new Gentoo box using the gento-dev-sources which is Kernel 2.6.8-r3 as of today.
I did the bootsplash_patch
and did this in grub:
title=Gentoo
root (hd0,0)
kernel /bzImage root=/dev/hda1 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x31a
initrd /initrd-1280x1024
I get a highres console but not bitmap in the background
I don't have /proc/splash but a /proc/fbsplash which tells me:
Bootsplash v0.9 mode: verbose
whatever that mean.
I tried:
initrd=/initrd-1280x1024
then
initrd=/boot/initrd-1280x1024
BTW I don't see this in my menuconfig:
Bootsplash configuration --->
[*] Bootup splash screen
But something like:
Support for boot splash screen
or something like that which I set.. Did I forget to configure something in my config? Or is it the new gentoo-dev-sources menuconfig
still no bitmap. I'm stumped. Please help!
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immer
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 12:31 am Post subject: Re: Highres but no image 2.6.8-r3 |
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| WildCoder wrote: | Hello,
I just setup a new Gentoo box using the gento-dev-sources which is Kernel 2.6.8-r3 as of today.
I did the bootsplash_patch...
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Have a look here |
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epretorious
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| Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:38 am Post subject: Re: ugly background |
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| drspin wrote: | | FB works great for me - my deal is that horrid image behind my CLI - how do I get rid of it... I want black... |
That's easy: | Code: | | rc-update -d bootsplash default |
Or you could just personalize the wallpaper. 
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epretorious
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| Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Hello, All:
I'm using linux-2.4.26-gentoo-r9 and bootsplash-0.6.1-r4 on a Dell Latitude CPx (w/ ATI Rage Mobility video chipset) and have almost gotten framebuffer working perfectly.
I followed the directions as closely as possible but am still having a few problems:
During startup the bootup logo is displayed but the initrd image is not even though I...explicitly enabled the "Framebuffer support -> Use splash screen instead of boot logo" option,
created the initrd by following Step 6, and
added | Code: | | video=vesa:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 initrd=/boot/initrd-1024x768 |
...to the kernel line in grub.conf.
Once the system has completed startup, I'm not able to create 'personal' themes even after...creating and populating the /etc/bootsplash/personal/ subdirectory,
editing the /etc/bootsplash/personal/configs/bootsplash-*.cfg files,
placing the images in the /etc/bootsplash/personal/images/bootsplash-*jpg, and
editing /etc/conf.d/bootsplash and changing the value of BOOTSPLASH_THEME to "personal"
The TTY is becoming corrupted. (i.e., The lower lines disappear until I change TTY's. When I return to the corrupted TTY the invisible lines are visible again!)
What do I need to do to get framebuffer working fully?I've noticed a lot of posts recommend using the "video=vesa:XXXxYYY-DD@RR" notation instead of 'vga=0x###" I used. Could that be the prolem?
Should I compile support for the ATI Rage128 into the kernel? i.e., Console Drivers -> Framebuffer Support -> ATI Rage128.
Should I compile support for AGP art into the kernel? i.e., Character Devices -> /dev/agpart
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epretorious
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 12:19 am Post subject: Personalising themes |
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The bootsplash.org themeing page states: | Quote: | | If you change the bootsplash picture configuration, you need to call mk_initrd to notify the kernel about your changes. |
Are the results any different than the bootsplash command specified in the The Gentoo Framebuffer, Bootsplash & Grubsplash How-To? | Code: | | /sbin/splash -s -f /etc/bootsplash/default/config/bootsplash-1280x1024.cfg >> /boot/initrd-1280x1024 |
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epretorious
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| epretorious wrote: | | I've noticed a lot of posts recommend using the "video=vesa:XXXxYYY-DD@RR" notation instead of 'vga=0x###" I used. Could that be the prolem? |
I haven't had any luck with this format. I've been skimming through previous posts and it seems like the "-DD@RR" portion only applicable for vesafb and vesa should only use "XXXxYYY". i.e., Is the "-DD@RR" portion only applicable 2.6.x kernels?
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baaldfg
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject: cant find the corresponding lines in menuconfig. 2.6.8-r3 |
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I have the same Problem, I'm also using gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r3
and I applied the bootstplash_patch, but I cant find
Bootsplash configuration --->
[*] Bootup splash screen
in menuconfig.
| WildCoder wrote: | Hello,
I just setup a new Gentoo box using the gento-dev-sources which is Kernel 2.6.8-r3 as of today.
I did the bootsplash_patch
BTW I don't see this in my menuconfig:
Bootsplash configuration --->
[*] Bootup splash screen
But something like:
Support for boot splash screen
or something like that which I set.. Did I forget to configure something in my config? Or is it the new gentoo-dev-sources menuconfig
still no bitmap. I'm stumped. Please help!
-WildCoder |
Does anyone know what to do?
I am sorry if this problem has already been solved in this threat, but I then I just didnt find the answer in the 36 pages |
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epretorious
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| Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| epretorious wrote: | | I haven't had any luck with this format. I've been skimming through previous posts and it seems like the "-DD@RR" portion only applicable for vesafb and vesa should only use "XXXxYYY". i.e., Is the "-DD@RR" portion only applicable 2.6.x kernels? |
From /usr/src/linux/fb/framebuffer.txt: | Quote: | To specify a video mode at bootup, use the following boot options:
video=<driver>:<xres>x<yres>[-<bpp>][@refresh] |
From /usr/src/linux/fb/aty128fb.txt: | Quote: | You can pass kernel command line options to vesafb with
`video=aty128fb:option1,option2:value2,option3' (multiple options should
be separated by comma, values are separated from options by `:').
Accepted options:
noaccel - do not use acceleration engine. It is default.
accel - use acceleration engine. Not finished.
vmode:x - chooses PowerMacintosh video mode <x>. Depreciated.
cmode:x - chooses PowerMacintosh colour mode <x>. Depreciated.
<XxX@X> - selects startup videomode. See modedb.txt for detailed explanation. Default is 640x480x8bpp.
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i haven't verified the <XxX@X> notation using aty128fb (I still use the vga=0x317) but video=aty128fb seems to work well for my Dell Latitude (even though I still don't get a splash screen during startup).
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