[kernel] gensplash framebuffer boot splash screens for 2.6.x

dtw · 2005-05-19 12:04:50

that was an i.e. can someone test that for me?

ANNOUNCEMENT:

spock has released a new splashutils. the gentoo scripts are pretty much unchanged but I have been waiting for this release to add some new things
to our scripts - so we now have:

* customizable startup silent splash message
* F2 now works

i just figured that out by luck - was browsing diffs of old/new gentoo scripts and saw that my implementation of the "set event" was wrong - mine must have been based on a previous version, i think (can't have pull the code out of thin air?), dunno when it changed but F2 can be used to switch back and forth betweeen silent and verbose. ages ago i added support so that even if you were in verbose mode when rc.multi starts you could still switch back to silent - but you have to be quick

i have made some changes to the wiki recently - updating links to my files - there are all new grub and lilo samples up already.

new arch pkgs will be in my repo by the end of the weekend

my write-up of how the project works is still on hold - i am pretty busy - it has changed so much from the original now tho that I think I was lucky to wait!

dtw · 2005-05-20 06:47:12

ok - I have now also:

* implemented quite a neat logging/debug system as well so hopefully that should improve things a bit

* gensplash now initialize like a normal startup component == better fail feedback with the log

* running daemons when X is running now skips lots of gensplash checks that only affect startup

dtw · 2005-05-21 06:22:42

DELAY - having some issues during testing

lunke · 2005-05-21 14:10:16

I finally got gensplash to work under Arch. However when I change back to a tty after I've started upp X the tty i totaly corrupted and I can't see a thing.
I have the same problem with bootsplash =/
I'm using a 6600GT with the latest nvidia drivers. And I know it should work, it did in gentoo anyway. I just can't figure out what's wrong..

dtw · 2005-05-22 01:45:45

could be your framebuffer settings in you bootloader configs

dtw · 2005-05-24 07:02:06

ok - have ironed out some bugs - the basics should be ok now - will upload tomorrow

dtw · 2005-05-30 05:32:06

NEW RELEASE

Later than promised (I am very busy) but I ironed out all the bugs. I wasn't working on it consistently and i got lost in my own development cycle and lost track of where the bugs could be so I had to start from scratch! Turn out the last thing I added was the thing that killed it but hopefully i'll still be able to do what I was trying to do a bit later.

CHANGES · New version of splashutils
· F2 now works to change from silent to verbose AND BACK (you need evdev module in your kernel, not fully implemented at the moment but works)
· Bootsplash Text - you need a theme that uses this to be able to see - I am going to update ArchMetal to use it now it works - conf.d/gensplash now has options to support this so you will need to use the new one.
· You'll find a log is now generated in /var/log/gensplash.log - if you have problems with gensplash it'll really help me to see this log!

I think this is the best release yet, no major changes so nothing can break i think. I'll try to track down the bugs that people have reported now

dtw · 2005-06-08 10:09:35

Hello?!

I see people have downloaded it? I guess it is working ok then?

I have finally got the RSS feeds working on my website - i can add a gensplash news section and then you can subscribe to the RSS to get release news - would that help people?

dtw · 2005-06-09 00:44:12

I went one better and made a new blog on blogspot - you can now get a feed of the blog, which will be in changelog format with release announcements, here:

It is an atom RSS feed so you'll need an atom compatibl reader - the firefox sage extension is good

rensel · 2005-06-09 18:19:55

Your new gensplash-for-arch release works like a charm
I needed a theme for it so I made a new one. It's called darch: http://utenti.lycos.it/rensel/arch/fbsp … r1.tar.bz2. Unfortunately I couldn't test it with other resolutions but 1024x768. Feel free to add it to your package if you like it.

Btw, I really appreciate your work. I'm sorry about not giving you my vote for your TU application, but I just wanted to see how the discussion about AUR would go on. I'm one of the latest accepted TUs, so I preferred to wait for others to vote you. Please don't blame me!

dtw · 2005-06-10 09:38:17

Why would I blame you?

Glad you like the release and thanks for the feedback - could you post a screenie of your theme? put an fbgrab command in you rc.sysinit

rensel · 2005-06-10 13:12:32

Done, here are the screenies:
Silent Boot
Verbose Boot
Virtual Console

I forgot to tell you about a bug I found: gensplash doesn't display the correct message at boot, it displays the reboot message if you rebooted and the shutdown message if you shut the system down and then turned it on.
Atm I set the same message for each mode, so it looks like it works in the screenshot

dtw · 2005-06-10 15:26:21

I'll have to look at that bug - it's very odd! Doesn't affect me at all! You sure your syntax in your theme is correct? And do you have any settings in the conf.d/gensplash file?

That theme is awesome - i'll put it in the next release

Mith · 2005-06-11 00:20:58

just thought I'd drop a line saying that gensplash still works and the darcher theme is ultra cool

dtw · 2005-06-14 11:32:24

OK - I am looking at rensel's reported bug.

I have been meaning for ages to look at Dalius's, he managed a work around, but to be honest I have no idea what is wrong. Unless someone else has this problem I am going to happily close that "bug"

dtw · 2005-06-14 11:43:44

OK - rensel - i can't reproduce your bug even using your theme. The code that controls the message is in /sbin/splash:

RUNLEVEL=`runlevel | cut --delim " " --fields 2`

get_boot_message() {
    local text

    if [[ ${RUNLEVEL} == "6" ]]; then
        text=${SPLASH_REBOOT_MESSAGE}
    elif [[ ${RUNLEVEL} == "0" ]]; then
        text=${SPLASH_SHUTDOWN_MESSAGE}
    else
        text=${SPLASH_BOOT_MESSAGE}
    fi    

    echo ${text}
}

if there is anything in your setup which might explain why this doesn't work for you please let me know

dtw · 2005-06-14 11:55:39

just discovered that evdev does not work to use F2 to switch at startup - think it is udev related

is it still ok for everyone else?

.:edit:.

it's definitely udev -4, i reverted to the -3 release and it was ok again - have posted on the mailing list as I can't see the problem

Dalius · 2005-06-14 17:08:16

I have been meaning for ages to look at Dalius's, he managed a work around, but to be honest I have no idea what is wrong.

Hi, dibble

Just wanted to say, that problem with gensplash not setting up images in v/c's was fixed somehow in latest release of gensplash. It worked for me in previous version too, after I changed something in the scripts (I can't remember now what exactly it was - next time I'll take some notes doing such things ), but new ones work perfectly without editting.

It would be nice, though that gensplash would work out of the box in system with / and /usr on separate partitions. It is not very important, as this is easy to work-around by putting /usr/bin/fgconsole in /lib/splash/bin/ and then changing the path in the script itself (else it would spit out hordes of error messages, bout still work as expected). Or you can just change $(usr/bin/fgconsole) to the number of tty you are booting, but this seems somehow unelegant and limited to me. You could also mount /usr together with / .

So much news from me.

dtw · 2005-06-14 19:16:04

Thanks Dalius

It is possible to put the two binaries that the scripts need in lib/splash/bin - that is the way gentoo do it. However, I was afraid to implement this as it means random binaries scatter around.

As you are the only person (apparently) that has /usr on a separate partition my initial reaction is to keep it the way that it is but put a section on the wiki that shows you howto if you do have a separate /usr

I'll give it some thought - cheers

dtw · 2005-06-17 11:32:41

rensel - i have uploaded your theme on to my server - i hope that is ok - from there it will be included in the new gensplash pkgs.

the next release will be within the next few days and the only change will be rensel's theme EXCEPT it'll now be in [community]

transition should be completely smooth - it will be removed from [dibble] first, then added to [community] along with miscsplashutils and initscripts-gensplash

dtw · 2005-06-17 22:53:47

As I have been official recognised as a Trusted User all gensplash pkgs can now be found in the AUR [community] repo. The pkgs have been slightly reconstructed to better make use of the AUR facilities but otherwise they are the same.

I'd also like to thank Rensel for absolutely the best Arch fbsplash theme - it's now the pkg default! Be warned - ArchMetal the old default theme will be REMOVED when you update but can still be found here:

http://dtw.jiwe.org/share/gensplash/the … al.tar.bz2

[community]
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/i686/

rensel · 2005-06-18 13:10:22

I'm glad you like it

miracle · 2005-06-20 11:23:22

dibble, I got the same bug as rensel's.
When at boot ,it displays the reboot message .
splashutils and initscript-splash are lastest that installed form community repo.
Splash theme is darch

dtw · 2005-06-20 11:43:35

I cannot reproduce rensel's bug so i cannot fix it. can i have some more information?

Do you have any settings in conf.d/gensplash?
Have you made any changes to inittab?
Do you use a login manager?

miracle · 2005-06-20 12:32:15

1 I have add gensplash in rc.conf and no any settings in conf.d/gensplash

2 Inittab is the default

3 This issue occur whether use a login manager or not

There is no error message whit the darch theme,
but the archmetal and dangergirl theme .

I take 2 screenshots ,hope you can open them
http://img109.photo.163.com/csh_99/4829 … 299882.jpg
http://img109.photo.163.com/csh_99/4829 … 300169.jpg

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