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adamruss

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 142

is there a step by step guide for getting splash on arch?

hi,
i looked every where for a step by step guide for getting splash on bootup working on arch.
i know if you use archlinux you're suppose to figure out things for youreself, which i handle pritty well i think, but kernel stuff, i am not sure for now, and i dont have time (exams) to break my system so if anyone could point me to a step by step guide, i will thank him.

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dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: is there a step by step guide for getting splash on arch?

AFAIK there isn't a way. I tried to get fbsplash working recently without much success.

There were a few rather complicated methods, and I thought the easiest way was to use an initrd image. Obviously, the default kernel already uses one so I recompiled a kernel to have support for an initrd image, but not need to use one. Then I used splashutils to create an initrd image with the splash image contained and booted the kernel using this as an image. Kernel booted, but no splash. I then gave up. I also had to patch the splashutils scripts as they were broken in places. Right at the moment, I don't crave a splash image enough to warrant more hacking.

fbsplash is meant to work without the fbcondecor kernel patch, so I didn't try using it. This may be a path you want to try out.

Last edited by dyscoria (2008-06-30 08:29:58)

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Statix

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Registered: 2008-02-16

Posts: 240

Re: is there a step by step guide for getting splash on arch?

Check out this thread:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=48978

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dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

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Re: is there a step by step guide for getting splash on arch?

Woops, glossed over that thread it seems

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Registered: 2008-06-05

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Re: is there a step by step guide for getting splash on arch?

AFAIK there isn't a way.

Your first mistake . . . In Arch there is always a way. That's what makes Arch "cool".

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Megamixman

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Registered: 2008-05-04

Posts: 73

Re: is there a step by step guide for getting splash on arch?

Only problem is that using that modified splashy breaks suspend and hibernate which are far more important for laptop users. Oh well, hopefully his patches to make initscripts more versatile get committed into the main package.