fbsplash image disappears from console after booting

ccosse

Hi, i've followed the gensplash HowTo and my 2007.0 theme works as advertised during boot/shutdown, however the image disappears from all consoles at about run-level 5. I've added it via

ccosse · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

Also, i've used splash_geninitramfs and grub; here is the grub.conf section:

whatalotta · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

Same issue here. Any ideas?

whatalotta · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject:

Hey ccosse,

I partially fixed my problem. Here is what I did:

First get rid of CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 on your kernel line in grub. Replace it with console=tty1. It appears that CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 will not allow us to recognize /dev/tty1 at boot.

Second, get rid of splash from rc-update. In your case rc-update del splash default should do the trick.

The above should get you a silent splash image.

All,

The next problem I have is that the F2 option to switch between silent and verbose mode never appears. I can press F2 and I still only have a silent image, but at least it works. I really want the F2 option. Anyone know how?

I have tried kdegraphics in the kernel line, but it didn't work. I have tried adding quiet before console=tty1 and it didn't work either. Tried both at the same time, same result, didn't work.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Whatalotta

ccosse · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 1:21 am Post subject:

Thanks whatalotta,
i'll give your suggestions a try in a little bit -- as for the F2 key, mine works, and i followed according to http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Software_Suspend_v2, as you most likely did...there was a specific reference to F2 in there, IIRC, so search F2 on the HowTo (if you missed it somehow), else i'll be happy to compare setups with you. Thanks,

-c

ccosse · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:57 am Post subject:

well, this isn't all that important to me, but it's nice for demo purposes to have, so i'll continue to listen for any possible leads on howto get this working. Here's my current grub.config, which i reverted to CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 since "console=tty1" dind't have any effect for me:

whatalotta · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:34 am Post subject:

ccosse - Thanks for the tip on the software suspend. I completely missed it! I will give it a try.

Not sure why the console=tty1 line didn't work for you.

I have been doing a lot of reading in the forums and it seems that the latest update to glibc may contribute to the problem. It isn't recommended to do a downgrade (says it will break system), so I'm leaving it alone for now.

If I find anything else out, I will let you know.

Whatalotta

ccosse · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:54 am Post subject:

right-on, thanks. i'm leaving it for lack of anything to try. lator -

ccosse · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:00 am Post subject: