Bootsplash for 2.6.19 =)

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Jackiebrown · #21 Post by **Jackiebrown** » 2007-01-06 22:43

No patch

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v ... c3.tar.bz2

thamarok · #22 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-01-06 22:49

Thanks Charlie Brown!

Oh, oops! You are Jackiebrown.. (must have watched a little much Snoopy

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Jackiebrown · #23 Post by **Jackiebrown** » 2007-01-24 01:03

The new bootsplash package adds animation to bootsplash including to the default picture

Jackiebrown · #24 Post by **Jackiebrown** » 2007-01-31 22:42

The latest sysv-rc confilicts with sysv-rc-bootsplash but the patch still works.

Simple extract the deb (dpkg -x packagename foldername) and cd in usr/share/bootsplash from the etracted deb.

Then patch -b /etc/init.d/rc rc-bootsplash.patch

Remeber to uninstall the orginal and upgrade your sysv-rv first.

Pobega · #25 Post by **Pobega** » 2007-02-01 03:16

I recompiled this into the 2.6.18 kernel, and for some reason I don't get a bootsplash.

After compiling the kernel is there anything else you have to do?

Jackiebrown · #26 Post by **Jackiebrown** » 2007-02-01 04:28

did you install the bootsplash package and edit your grub?

Pobega · #27 Post by **Pobega** » 2007-02-01 11:33

Jackiebrown wrote:did you install the bootsplash package and edit your grub?

Ooh, right...I do have a question though.

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Edit: Actually, I think I'll answer this in the other topic for kernel compiling.

CHUCKYCHUCK · #28 Post by **CHUCKYCHUCK** » 2007-03-03 09:55

hi !
do you know where i can fin a bootsplash patch for the 2.6.20.1 kernel ? ( an unofficial one i guess, as the bootsplash site only provides for the 2.6.15 )
thx

synux · #29 Post by **synux** » 2007-03-03 10:42

The link was given in the first post of this thread (duh!)

http://www.stadtwald21.de/mcbeister/boo ... index.html

Just pick up the 2.6.20 patch, it'll work with 2.6.20.1..

CHUCKYCHUCK · #30 Post by **CHUCKYCHUCK** » 2007-03-03 10:48

how do you know it will ?

edit : i checked the kernel.org 2.6.20.1 changelog, i also think i'll work ^^

but has someone here successfully tested this "unofficial" 2.6.20 bootsplash patch ??

thanks

synux · #31 Post by **synux** » 2007-03-03 13:11

CHUCKYCHUCK wrote:how do you know it will ?

edit : i checked the kernel.org 2.6.20.1 changelog, i also think i'll work ^^

but has someone here successfully tested this "unofficial" 2.6.20 bootsplash patch ??

thanks

I was so kind that I went to test it just for you

Works fine here.. no problems..

CHUCKYCHUCK · #32 Post by **CHUCKYCHUCK** » 2007-03-03 14:03

it doesn't work for me .....
just after i press enter in grub, i see the splashimage in 1024x768, but nothing happens
i entered in grub console mode et deleted the splash=silent to see what message were printed : it gave me an error saying the filesystem couldn't be mounted ....
seems my initrd image was corrupted by the splash executable ....

i use debian sid, here is what i've done from a to z :
_ i patched the 2.6.20.1 kernel sources with the links in the 1st post ( with patch -p1 command ), i enabled the bootsplash option, i and checked that the framebuffer options were enabled
_ compiled my kernel, installed it ( with the --initrd option )
_ apt-geted bootsplash and sysvrc bootplash, however according to the bug reports page of the syscrv package a bug exists in the current version so i downloaded this file, and replaced the one installed by apt-get
http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sysv-rc-bootsplash.html
_ i downloaded a bootsplash theme in kde look, and i "appended" it to the initrd image with the splash utility, no error messages output
_ edited my menu.lst, by adding the splash=slient and vga=791 parameters to my kernel line

and here i am :s

what have you done exactly to install bootsplash on yours ?
thanks

Jackiebrown · #33 Post by **Jackiebrown** » 2007-03-03 15:59

Laziness (and the is real laziness) has prevented me from trying the 2.6.20 patch.

I can confirm that the 2.6.19 patch works on the 2.6.20 kernels though.

Heck, it even works using upstart as well.

synux · #34 Post by **synux** » 2007-03-03 16:46

CHUCKYCHUCK wrote:it doesn't work for me .....
just after i press enter in grub, i see the splashimage in 1024x768, but nothing happens
i entered in grub console mode et deleted the splash=silent to see what message were printed : it gave me an error saying the filesystem couldn't be mounted ....
seems my initrd image was corrupted by the splash executable ....

i use debian sid, here is what i've done from a to z :
_ i patched the 2.6.20.1 kernel sources with the links in the 1st post ( with patch -p1 command ), i enabled the bootsplash option, i and checked that the framebuffer options were enabled
_ compiled my kernel, installed it ( with the --initrd option )
_ apt-geted bootsplash and sysvrc bootplash, however according to the bug reports page of the syscrv package a bug exists in the current version so i downloaded this file, and replaced the one installed by apt-get
http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sysv-rc-bootsplash.html
_ i downloaded a bootsplash theme in kde look, and i "appended" it to the initrd image with the splash utility, no error messages output
_ edited my menu.lst, by adding the splash=slient and vga=791 parameters to my kernel line

and here i am :s

what have you done exactly to install bootsplash on yours ?
thanks

I did exactly everything what you did, but I use Etch and I installed sysvrc-bootsplash from the Etch repositories...

CHUCKYCHUCK · #35 Post by **CHUCKYCHUCK** » 2007-03-03 20:33

strange ..., maybe i'll try to install the etch version of that package

cya

Jackiebrown · #36 Post by **Jackiebrown** » 2007-03-08 02:56

Well to save time if its a deal killer - the bootsplash 20 patch does not work with 2.6.21-rc2

billydv · #37 Post by **billydv** » 2007-03-10 22:42

Use Gentoo Sources for your kernel, If you use gentoo-sources to build your kernel, you wont have to worry about patching anything. Install Splashy (or splash-utils or both, cant remeber what I did exactly), and you will have kernel sources that will deefinitely support a bootsplash. Look on the internet for gensplash and a how to, You will also need to adjust grub because gentoo kernels boot just a little different ( the grub lines ). If you want email me and I will email you my grub and my .config for the kernel.
billydv1@verizon.net

Jackiebrown · #38 Post by **Jackiebrown** » 2007-03-12 23:10

fbsplash and bootsplash are not the same. That said, you got me using fbsplash.