Gentoo Framebuffer, Bootsplash & Grubsplash - SUPPORT

Config · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 4:40 pm Post subject:

This thread is sooo big - I hope my question hasn't been answered before....

I have created my own theme (well, just basic gentoo theme with another picture

and I changed the default link, changed the variable in /etc/conf.d/bootsplash. What's happeing now: the gentoo wallpaper shows up, when starting

But after having booted, the picture switches to the correct one.
Oh - one thing: I have rerun splash -f .... again to replace that initrd file....
How can I solve this?
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Joffer · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 2:26 pm Post subject:

Sorry if this has been answered before, but it's been awhile since I tried bootsplash...

Last time I tried it, accellerated support was not supported. Is it supported now? I just saw this on the www.bootsplash.org site, so I figured I'd ask:

Config · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:20 pm Post subject:

Joffer · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:35 pm Post subject:

|Spiller| · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 5:36 pm Post subject:

BradN · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 12:56 am Post subject:

Has anyone managed to get ywrap working properly? I'm trying to enable it on my pentium3 / geforce2 and it's pretty slow without it. Also can anyone give an example of how to specify the video memory size in the boot parameters? Something like video=vesa:vram:x or some such, but I can't figure out how to get it to work.

I see a lot of boot outputs of people that have ywrap listed in their options, but vesa says it's using redraw for scrolling. What gives?

Thanks

grant.mcdorman · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 6:14 pm Post subject:

I have the bootsplash working nicely, but I have a minor problem with video timing.

With the monitor adjusted for optimum display in X (set to 1280x1024 75Hz 24bpp), the console is cut off at the left, to the extent that two columns of text are not visible.

Now, I can change the monitor settings so that the entire console is visible, but then my X display is not as sharp.

As a hack, I've changed the configuration file so that the text left margin has been moved considerably to the right. However, obviously this is not ideal.

Is there any way to adjust the video timing for the console so that it matches the timing X is using?

Software: Kernel is 2.4.20-gentoo-r5. Latest bootsplash installed.
Grub configuration:

BradN · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 5:45 pm Post subject:

Maybe it would be easier for you to change your X timings to match the framebuffer?

grant.mcdorman · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 6:04 pm Post subject:

BradN · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 7:32 pm Post subject:

I doubt it uses a file in /etc/ because it doesn't even have the root filesystem mounted when it starts up. As for X... even if you can't get the exact same modeline, you can adjust the image left or right hopefully enough to make it the same.

Good luck

someguy · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:11 pm Post subject: hmmmm

grub # rc-update add bootplash default
* /sbin/rc-update: /etc/init.d/bootplash not found; aborting.
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grant.mcdorman

julmust · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 12:54 pm Post subject:

Does anyone know if there's a patch for the 2.6-kernels around?
I've set up fb in 1280x1024, now all i want is some beautiful eyecandy

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spock_ · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 5:50 pm Post subject:

As far as I know, there is none, at least not officially (according to http://www.bootsplash.org/). BTW - I have you just created a bootsplash patch for 2.4.22-pre10-ac1 (available from your Portage tree). It can be found here.

exilejedi · n00b Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 4

I've been playing with this off and on for a couple of weeks now, and I think I am officially stumped.

I have a Matrox G400. I got everything to install ok, and the kernel built ok. I figured out how to get the Matrox framebuffer configured more-or-less correctly, and I now have tasty 1600x1200 text consoles and a cute little Tux logo while I boot.

Where I'm stuck is getting the fancy bootsplash to work. I built a bootsplash-1600x1200.cfg, and generated a /boot/initrd-1600x1200 from that. When I boot with both the framebuffer and initrd, I get a kernel panic right after the line: "zone(1): 94192 pages." The whole machine hangs, and my caps lock and scroll lock LED's start blinking in unison.

When I boot without the initrd (but with bootsplash in my rc), I do eventually get the nice Larry the Cow background, but it disappears once X has started. While I'm using the machine, any time I switch into one of the text consoles, the background is gone, and the boxed area defined in the 1600x1200 configuration is displayed incorrectly, with the box region starting in the upper-left corner of the screen instead of where it's supposed to. When I shut down, the console output looks magically correct, with the background image shown, and the text region displayed correctly!

I've seen other people post with similar kernel panic issues -- but haven't seen anything that really points to a solution. Anybody got any bright ideas that might help?

Thanks in advance...

-- Mike

Joffer · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:14 pm Post subject:

exilejedi - If I recall correctly, you can't have the Tux logo and bootsplash at the same time. If you have the Tux logo you have not followed the "how-to" to build a kernel with bootsplash support.. there should be an option to include bootsplash support when you configure your kernel (perhaps you have to patch/emerge bootsplash first)... consult the "Gentoo Forum Bootsplash How-To" (and there is an entire thread on it's own for bootsplash support, which you will learn about when reading the how-to.

exilejedi · n00b Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 4

Joffer --

I am familiar with the bootsplash how-to thread (it's what planted the desire for a pretty bootsplash in the first place).

I bailed out of patching the kernel (gentoo-sources) when it was apparent that it had already been patched. I then built the kernel with the configuration described in the how-to thread, including the "splash screen instead of logo" option.

I'll try blowing away my kernel source and re-emerging it and building it from there... I've just been too lazy to try that yet.

Thanks,

Mike

usingloser · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 6:47 pm Post subject:

Does anyone have a 5600 Ultra and able to change the resolution at boot by using the vga=xxx options.

slimsam1 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 130

[bemike@zone] ~ $ dmesg | grep splash
Kernel command line: root=/dev/hdb5 vga=791 splash=silent hdc=ide-scsi
bootsplash: silent mode.
Looking for splash picture... no good signature found.

All of my consoles are in vga 791 mode, so framebuffer is working fine... but they have no background image (are they supposed to?) and I don't see any sort of splash screen when I boot up. I installed bootsplash and patched it, but that was before I copied initrd.1024 to /boot/. Is that a problem? I tried to run the patch again but to no avail. Help is appreciated!

slimsam1 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Posts: 130

usingloser · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2003 6:34 am Post subject:

has anyone figured out the "undefined mode number" problem yet?

I have a geforcefx 5600 ultra, have the same trouble

I completely powered down for a few hours, moved to my dorm for college (arggg, work) and booted up. I did a double take when I realized that it actually had enabled the vesa framebuffer at 1280 for a changed. I did not edit any settings, and before I moved it would give me the undefined mode number error every time. It just started working for no apparent reason. So.... I got greedy and tried to change to a different framebuffer res (to 1024) so it would work on my TV, alas, it began to give me the undefined mode numer error again, and even when i tried to switch back to the old setting.

fxlamare · n00b Joined: 11 Dec 2002 Posts: 36 Location: LILLE, France

I'm having problems for getting bootsplash to work.
I searched the forum without finding any relevant information.

The problem : the bootsplash doesn't appear @ bootup, but when the bootsplash's init.d script starts, it works (!?)
The dmesg says :

soroh6 · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 232

Spent the last 7 hours or so pulling strands of hair out one by one..

I just installed Gentoo 1.4 final a couple days ago (was previously used 1.4-rc2, with a 1.4 final athlon-xp stage3 tarball).

Anyways, I installed bootsplash as I've done a thousand times in the past, the same way I always have, and I reboot and get this error, like many of you are having as well..

soroh6 · Apprentice Joined: 07 Nov 2002 Posts: 232

Lovely.. I just tried rebooting with the LiveCD, and even that gives me the same error as above now.. what's going on?!

I even removed my linux drives and partitions.. I've had framebuffer a thousand times in the past, and now when I boot with 1.4 final livecd, my system goes to hell?

sigh..
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usingloser · Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:23 am Post subject:

what video card are you using???