fbsplash patch for latest kernel?

raymano · 2007-07-27 21:44:13

Does anyone know of an fbsplash patch that works on the latest Arch kernel, 2.6.22?

EDIT:
Here's what I've done. I have downloaded the patch from spocks web site and added this line to PKGBUILD of the stock Arch kernel:

#fbsplash patch
  patch -p1 < ../fbsplash-0.9.2-r5-2.6.20-rc6.patch || return 1

I'm getting the following error when it's patching file drivers/video/console/fbcon.c

Hunk #14 FAILED at 2104.

Thanks,
Raymano

Last edited by raymano (2007-07-27 22:41:50)

nikron · 2007-07-28 00:12:55

Generally, I always look at the genpatches for fbpatches.

The one that works for 2.6.22 is here http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/t … as.tar.bz2

raymano · 2007-07-28 05:18:29

nikron wrote:

Generally, I always look at the genpatches for fbpatches.
The one that works for 2.6.22 is here http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/t … as.tar.bz2

Thanks nikron. Worked like a charm.

webmaniac · 2007-07-29 12:45:06

Hi hope some one here can help me, i used this patch http://dev.gentoo.org/~dsd/genpatches/t … as.tar.bz2 for my kernel i it works without any errors when applying it but when i want to activate it it dosen't show up in menuconfig whats wrong?

Do i have to apply everything in that bz2 image because i only used the fbsplah patch.

Last edited by webmaniac (2007-07-29 22:34:59)

nikron · 2007-07-29 15:30:33

No, you have to disable tile blitting support

webmaniac · 2007-07-29 22:26:05

how and where do i find that ?
Found it

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webmaniac · 2007-07-30 14:22:48

Nope that diden't work

raymano · 2007-07-30 20:00:54

O.K. Here's the problem. The fbsplash patch for kernel 2.6.22 works. However gensplash which is needed for fbsplash to work does not compile under the latest 2.6.22 kernel. There is a makedependency in the gensplash PKGBUILD to klibc-beyond.

So it seems like the boot time splash situation for Arch is in a sorry state. At the moment, none of them work for the latest kernel. Well, splashy does work, however it is out of date and on some machines it slows down the boot process dramatically.

Last edited by raymano (2007-07-30 20:01:19)

nikron · 2007-07-30 21:07:29

raymano wrote:

O.K. Here's the problem. The fbsplash patch for kernel 2.6.22 works. However gensplash which is needed for fbsplash to work does not compile under the latest 2.6.22 kernel. There is a makedependency in the gensplash PKGBUILD to klibc-beyond.
So it seems like the boot time splash situation for Arch is in a sorry state. At the moment, none of them work for the latest kernel. Well, splashy does work, however it is out of date and on some machines it slows down the boot process dramatically.

That' can't be true because I'm running fbsplash + gensplash right now and it's working perfectly.

Why doesn't pacman -S gensplash work for you? It works for me =/

nikron · 2007-07-30 21:08:40

webmaniac wrote:

Nope that diden't work

You have to disable a lot of things to get to disable Blitting Support. Then, at the very bottom, splash support appears. You can also try kernel26viper by kano if your having trouble. It's and AUR, and kano has a repo

Last edited by nikron (2007-07-30 21:09:16)

raymano · 2007-07-30 21:11:32

nikron wrote:

raymano wrote:
O.K. Here's the problem. The fbsplash patch for kernel 2.6.22 works. However gensplash which is needed for fbsplash to work does not compile under the latest 2.6.22 kernel. There is a makedependency in the gensplash PKGBUILD to klibc-beyond.
So it seems like the boot time splash situation for Arch is in a sorry state. At the moment, none of them work for the latest kernel. Well, splashy does work, however it is out of date and on some machines it slows down the boot process dramatically.

That' can't be true because I'm running fbsplash + gensplash right now and it's working perfectly.
Why doesn't pacman -S gensplash work for you? It works for me =/

Are you doing this with the latest kernel 2.6.22? I've tried gensplash from the repo but I just can't get the fbsplash theme (darch) to show.

nikron · 2007-07-30 21:30:32

raymano wrote:

nikron wrote:
raymano wrote:
O.K. Here's the problem. The fbsplash patch for kernel 2.6.22 works. However gensplash which is needed for fbsplash to work does not compile under the latest 2.6.22 kernel. There is a makedependency in the gensplash PKGBUILD to klibc-beyond.
So it seems like the boot time splash situation for Arch is in a sorry state. At the moment, none of them work for the latest kernel. Well, splashy does work, however it is out of date and on some machines it slows down the boot process dramatically.

That' can't be true because I'm running fbsplash + gensplash right now and it's working perfectly.
Why doesn't pacman -S gensplash work for you? It works for me =/
Are you doing this with the latest kernel 2.6.22? I've tried gensplash from the repo but I just can't get the fbsplash theme (darch) to show.

Yes, I'm doing with a patched version of kernel26. You did everything right? Changed /etc/mkinitcpio.conf, and changed your kernel line? Also, do you have initscripts-splash installed?

proof:
attachment.php?attachmentid=39354&d=1185806350

Last edited by nikron (2007-07-30 21:34:24)

raymano · 2007-07-30 21:48:20

Yes, yes, and yes. I have had fbsplash working before without any problems. It's just that this time it just doesn't want to work for me.

I don't need proof nikron. I believe you. I am probably doing something really dumb that is causing the fbsplash screen not to show.

One strange thing that I did notice is that I can't find /lib/initcpio/hooks/fbsplash on my machine. However, I do see /lib/initcpio/install/fbsplash. Is this the way it is on your machine too?

Thanks for your help on this.

nikron · 2007-07-30 21:53:32

raymano wrote:

Yes, yes, and yes. I have had fbsplash working before without any problems. It's just that this time it just doesn't want to work for me.
I don't need proof nikron. I believe you. I am probably doing something really dumb that is causing the fbsplash screen not to show.
One strange thing that I did notice is that I can't find /lib/initcpio/hooks/fbsplash on my machine. However, I do see /lib/initcpio/install/fbsplash. Is this the way it is on your machine too?
Thanks for your help on this.

Yeah it's there. Hmm, CONFIG_FB_SPLASH=y is in your kconfig right? Also, sometimes you need specify a consolefont, and you might want to post your kernel line too.

Last edited by nikron (2007-07-30 21:55:18)

raymano · 2007-07-30 22:20:39

No. I can't see CONFIG_FB_SPLASH in my kconfig (doh!). That might be it. I will give it a shot. Thanks!

EDIT: Actually, I am pretty sure that's it. I'm recompiling my kernel now.

Last edited by raymano (2007-07-30 22:39:55)

webmaniac · 2007-07-30 22:53:59

Yeah it's there. Hmm, CONFIG_FB_SPLASH=y is in your kconfig right? Also, sometimes you need specify a consolefont, and you might want to post your kernel line too.

When i write CONFIG_FB_SPLASH=y in my kernel .config file that line isen't compiled but instead the kernel removes that line and compiling my kernel without fbsplash

Pierluigi · 2007-07-31 15:12:53

webmaniac wrote:

When i write CONFIG_FB_SPLASH=y in my kernel .config file that line isen't compiled but instead the kernel removes that line and compiling my kernel without fbsplash

Check for this in the config:

# CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VT8623 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_S3 is not set

Then the option for fbsplash will appear at the end of the Graphics Support menu.

webmaniac · 2007-07-31 22:03:33

# CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VT8623 is not set
# CONFIG_FB_S3 is not set
Then the option for fbsplash will appear at the end of the Graphics Support menu.

ok gonna try that right now

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fbsplash patch for latest kernel?

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