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sokuban

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Registered: 2006-11-11

Posts: 412

Gensplash and my widescreen

I'm trying to use gensplash to get a bootsplash but it doesn't seem to work.

I have an odd widescreen resolution(1280x800), which might be giving me a bit of problems.

I followed this guide:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gensplash

With this theme:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=223978#223978

I don't have any of the packages or edited initscrpits to allow silent mode, because I'm only going to use verbose mode.

I also did not change anything to my kernel, using the beyond kernel.

I don't get a splash at all but it does boot up. My output feels a bit more verbose than normal for some reason though. Not enough to kill me, but if this helps anyone.

I think I might have a problem with my grub entry, so here it is. I'm not sure what I should do in the video section and the proper way to get both the framebuffer and splash.

title  Arch Linux Beyond Gensplash
root (hd0,7)
kernel /vmlinuz26beyond root=/dev/sda2 vga=0x360 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,1280x800-16@72,ywrap splash=verbose,kdgraphics,theme:Arch console=tty1
initrd /kernel26beyond.img

Does the fact that the thing not work mean that I have to compile gensplash myself to my kernel sources? (The guide said that, I'm ignoring the other things it said because I use the beyond kernel.)

How would I compile something to kernel sources in the first place?

Thanks for your help.

risky

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Registered: 2005-12-12

Posts: 11

Re: Gensplash and my widescreen

hi , down the new one first.

2.mv NewArch /etc/splash/

3. vi  /etc/mkinitcpio.conf  make sure u had add fbsplash in the HOOKS,and add like this :

HOOKS="base udev autodetect fbsplash ide scsi sata filesystems"
FBTHEMES="NewArch"
FBRES="1280x800"

save it.
I guess it's the problem of u.

4.  mkinitcpio -v -g /boot/kernel26beyond.img
5.edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
reboot

goodluck!

sokuban

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Registered: 2006-11-11

Posts: 412

Re: Gensplash and my widescreen

Thanks for the help but that is exactly what I did last time. I put fbsplash as the last hook however and had the other lines indented with a few spaces. (Just like the wiki version.)

Either way, I edited that file again (I use nano, because I am a noob) and made it the way you said. I have the same problem, it doesn't seem to work. (I'll admit to not making a 'NewArch' and left it with 'Arch' and did not move it to /etc/splash again because it was already there.

If it is any good news, now when I shutdown it says something about stopping some gensplash thing. I am not sure if it did that before because I just noticed it now.

I guess this means I fail?

risky

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Registered: 2005-12-12

Posts: 11

Re: Gensplash and my widescreen

what's the message output when u run "mkinitcpio -v -g /boot/kernel26beyond.img
"
check it if had like this

adding file /sbin/splash_helper
       Adding NewArch fbsplash Theme...
  adding  dir /etc/splash/Arch
  adding file /etc/splash/Arch/1280x800.cfg
  adding  dir /etc/splash/Arch/images
  adding  dir /etc/splash/Arch/images/1280x800
  adding file /etc/splash/Arch/images/1280x800/ArchLinux_verbose.png
  adding file /etc/splash/Arch/images/1280x800/ArchLinux.png
  adding file /etc/splash/luxisri.ttf

make sure FBTHEMES="Arch" and /etc/splash/ had the dir name "arch" like your  menu.lst theme:Arch

sokuban

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Registered: 2006-11-11

Posts: 412

Re: Gensplash and my widescreen

It sure does.

:: Parsing hook [fbsplash]
  adding  dir /dev/fb
  adding  dir /dev/misc
  adding  dir /dev/vc
  adding  dir /etc/splash
  adding file /sbin/splash_helper
       Adding Arch fbsplash Theme...
  adding  dir /etc/splash/Arch
  adding file /etc/splash/Arch/1280x800.cfg
  adding  dir /etc/splash/Arch/images
  adding  dir /etc/splash/Arch/images/1280x800
  adding file /etc/splash/Arch/images/1280x800/ArchLinux_verbose.png
  adding file /etc/splash/Arch/images/1280x800/ArchLinux.png
  adding file /etc/splash/luxisri.ttf

EDIT: I might be missing something, because when I boot up, it says something along the lines of

fbsplash setting background to ""

I think I missed a setting because it said "" and not "Arch"

My boot up sequences go so fast, and I know, I really ought to add a presskey thing to the end of the init sequence.