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

anglian252 · 2006-01-19 07:47:27

I've just upgraded to the kernel26archck 2.6.15.archck2-4 from the standard arch one...however when I reboot my system I get Error 15: File Not Found

Did I need to make some changes to grub in order to use this new kernel? Can someone please post a correct looking grub file as well as instructions on how to fix this

Cheers

dtw · 2006-01-19 10:50:17

Sample grub config can be found in /etc/splash (as stated multiple times) the pkg in [community] use vesa-tng so make sure you use those configs...

also, the initrd variable should be set to the KERNEL initramfs file - not to a fbsplash initramfs

napoleon · 2006-01-19 19:05:07

What is wrong with my menu.lst. I just can't get the framebuffer resolution i want for kernel26archck. It works for the stock kernel though.

# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst

# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS 
#
#  Linux           Grub
# -------------------------
#  /dev/fd0        (fd0)
#  /dev/hda        (hd0)
#  /dev/hdb2       (hd1,1)
#  /dev/hda3       (hd0,2)
#

#  FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#          | 640x480    800x600    1024x768   1280x1024
#      ----+--------------------------------------------
#      256 | 0x301=769  0x303=771  0x305=773   0x307=775
#      32K | 0x310=784  0x313=787  0x316=790   0x319=793
#      64K | 0x311=785  0x314=788  0x317=791   0x31A=794
#      16M | 0x312=786  0x315=789  0x318=792   0x31B=795
#     +-------------------------------------------------+

# general configuration:
timeout   5
default   0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue

# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*

# (0) Windows XP
title  Windows XP  [ Loader ]
root    (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux  [ Stock Kernel ]
root   (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hdb1 ro vga=792
initrd /boot/initrd26.img

# (2) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux  [ Archck Kernel ]
root  (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26archck root=/dev/hdb1 ro vga=0x318 splash=verbose,theme:darch console=tty1
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.15-archck.img

dtw · 2006-01-20 14:10:29

Your kernel line is wrong - please look at samples in /etc/splash

...and don't cross post!

danalien · 2006-01-28 20:41:42

So, I've taken the plungde of patching a custom build 2.6 kernel [1] with gensplash/fbsplash [2], and compling everythinge else needed to get it up and running.

And IMHO there are 3 cons (minor). with the current solution (from my POV).

1) In silent mode, 33%-or-so into the startup process, silent mode on vt16 starts to flash/flicker.
2) Configured [3] kernel to have 'F2' switch to verbose & back support, but it's only working silent to verbose, and not verbose to silent.
3) silent mode is only enabled after UDev is started, which is kinda a bummer, compared to, that in verbose it starts (almost) instantaneously [4]. I've looked at the init [5] scripts, and pondered if we couldn't add the required stuff to the initramfs when executing the mkinitramfs command [6]?

----
1 - 2.6.15.1-AMDK7-SPLASH with acpi-release-20050902-2.6.15.diff
2 - fbsplash-0.9.2-r5-2.6.15-rc1.patch
3 - with CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
4 - using vesafb since its the exception that it isn't initiated much later, eg vesafb-tng...
5 - initscripts-gensplash
6 - but since /sbin/splash is a bash shell script we'd have to add bash & it's lib deps.... on the plus side /sbin/splash_util.static is static *wihii*

iBertus · 2006-01-28 22:30:58

Try the following in your kernel line to fix the flashing you describe:

splash=silent,theme:darch,kdgraphics,tty:7 console=tty1 quiet

danalien · 2006-01-30 02:57:55

iBertus wrote:

Try the following in your kernel line to fix the flashing you describe:
splash=silent,theme:darch,kdgraphics,tty:7 console=tty1 quiet

thanks, but I found what was messing it all up - I had a bad console font config after setting in rc.conf

CONSOLEFONT=lat9w-16.psfu.gz
CONSOLEMAP=8859-1

it stops flashing when 'silent'

Tried kdgraphics with my 'bad_font_config' too, bit i has some drawbacks aswell [1]

---
1 - bad vc1.fbgrab.-.darch.+bad_font_config+kdgraphics.png vs. normal vc1.fbgrab.-.darch.png

dtw · 2006-01-30 11:35:43

Not sure what you mean but as for verbose to silent - if you start verbose you can't switch to silent. If you are talking about silent->verbose->silent all i can say is that works fine for me

You probably could add the required "stuff" but that is a bit more of a knowledge leap than I can make at the moment as I don't have regular internet access for research or results sharing. Also ziggy (archie head-dev) is a the man when it comes to adding this sort of thing. i think he will know exactly how to add this"stuff" to the initramfs BUT it probably means non-optional bloat in your initramfs - and not everyone wants that. That is a perrenial problem with implementing this kind of thing

danalien · 2006-01-30 21:43:23

dibblethewrecker wrote:

Not sure what you mean but as for verbose to silent - if you start verbose you can't switch to silent. If you are talking about silent->verbose->silent all i can say is that works fine for me

japp, ment silent->verbose->silent.

dibblethewrecker wrote:

You probably could add the required "stuff" but that is a bit more of a knowledge leap than I can make at the moment as I don't have regular internet access for research or results sharing. Also ziggy (archie head-dev) is a the man when it comes to adding this sort of thing. i think he will know exactly how to add this"stuff" to the initramfs BUT it probably means non-optional bloat in your initramfs - and not everyone wants that. That is a perrenial problem with implementing this kind of thing

I was thinking more like adding it as an mkinitramfs option-parameter the users has to explicitly define, for 'the stuff' to be added to the generated initramfs.

Snowman · 2006-02-01 05:37:55

Although there's some previous discussion in this thread about using gensplash on systems with /usr on a seperate partition, here's what I did to make it work.
1.

mkdir /lib/splash/bin

2.

cp /usr/bin/wc /lib/splash/bin
cp /usr/bin/fbres /lib/splash/bin
cp /usr/bin/fgconsole /lib/splash/bin

3. apply the following patches:

--- sbin/splash 2005-10-21 04:31:24.000000000 -0400
+++ /sbin/splash        2006-01-30 02:16:33.000000000 -0500
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
        rm -f ${spl_fifo} 2>/dev/null
        
        # Set gensplash variables
-       GENSPLASH_NUMBER=$((`echo ${DAEMONS[@]} | sed 's/![^ t]*//g' | wc -w` + 
+       GENSPLASH_NUMBER=$((`echo ${DAEMONS[@]} | sed 's/![^ t]*//g' | /lib/splash/bin/wc -w` + 
        `cat /etc/rc.{sysinit,multi,local} | grep -c -e status -e stat_busy`))
        GENSPLASH_DELTA=$((60000 / $GENSPLASH_NUMBER))
        GENSPLASH_PROGRESS=$((65535 - $GENSPLASH_NUMBER * $GENSPLASH_DELTA))
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
        fi
 
        # Grab resolution variables
-       res=$(/usr/bin/fbres)
+       res=$(/lib/splash/bin/fbres)
        yres=${res#*x}
        xres=${res%x*}

--- etc/rc.d/splash-functions   2005-10-21 04:31:24.000000000 -0400
+++ /etc/rc.d/splash-functions  2006-01-30 01:51:11.000000000 -0500
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 gensplash_getmode ()
 {
-       local ctty="$(/usr/bin/fgconsole)"
+       local ctty="$(/lib/splash/bin/fgconsole)"
 
        if [[ ${ctty} == "${SPLASH_TTY}" ]]; then
                echo "silent"

BTW, these binaries will work perfectly in /lib/splash/bin as they only rely on glibc libs installed in /lib. After these changes, gensplash works great.

HTH

dtw · 2006-02-03 17:02:27

I have had some ideas about including these changes in the pkg - I think it is worth it now

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#251 2006-01-19 07:47:27

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

#252 2006-01-19 10:50:17

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

#253 2006-01-19 19:05:07

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

#254 2006-01-20 14:10:29

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#255 2006-01-28 20:41:42

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

#256 2006-01-28 22:30:58

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

#257 2006-01-30 02:57:55

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

#258 2006-01-30 11:35:43

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

#259 2006-01-30 21:43:23

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#260 2006-02-01 05:37:55

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