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contrasutra

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From: New Jersey

Registered: 2003-07-26

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Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

Now that the 2.4.22 kernel is going to make its way into Arch, I was wondering if there will be an updated bootsplash to deal with this.

the latest official bootsplash patch is only for 2.4.20, so I assume Gyroplast will have to update his patch and How-To.

Another possibility, could bootsplash be included in the default kernel, it adds very little size to the kernel.

Thanks.

PS. I know bootsplash is very non-l33t, but It makes the console look nicer.

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jlvsimoes

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From: portugal

Registered: 2002-12-23

Posts: 392

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Re: Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

who cares about l33tness the patch works with other kernels non 2.4.20 i use wolk kernel and aplied the patch with one error but hey . its working here

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dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

Registered: 2003-05-27

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Re: Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

FYI:

the bootsplash-patch from gyroplast works also with the 2.4.22, the output from patching is this:

[root@Asteraceae linux]# patch -Np1 -i ../bootsplash-3.0.7-2.4.21-vanilla-1.patch
patching file drivers/char/console.c
patching file drivers/char/keyboard.c
patching file drivers/char/n_tty.c
patching file drivers/video/Config.in
patching file drivers/video/Makefile
Hunk #2 succeeded at 153 (offset 1 line).
patching file drivers/video/fbcon-jpegdec.c
patching file drivers/video/fbcon-jpegdec.h
patching file drivers/video/fbcon-splash.c
patching file drivers/video/fbcon-splash.h
patching file drivers/video/fbcon-splash16.c
patching file drivers/video/fbcon.c
Hunk #3 succeeded at 495 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 557 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #7 succeeded at 790 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #8 succeeded at 1385 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #9 succeeded at 1446 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #10 succeeded at 1567 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #11 succeeded at 1582 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #12 succeeded at 1647 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #13 succeeded at 1687 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #14 succeeded at 1882 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #15 succeeded at 2315 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #16 succeeded at 2581 (offset 1 line).
patching file include/video/fbcon.h
patching file kernel/panic.c

for the perfectionists: who want, can addapt the line-numbers in the patch, so that the output looks nicer :-) ... for the others: enjoy nice pictures while booting :-)

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sarah31

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From: Middle of Canada

Registered: 2002-08-20

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Re: Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

for the perfectionists: who want, can addapt the line-numbers in the patch, so that the output looks nicer :-) ... for the others: enjoy nice pictures while booting :-)

bah not perfectionists, more like eye-candy lovers.

/me just don't see the need as i try not to reboot (which has been hard these days with my upc being burn out and power failures)

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whatah

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Registered: 2003-08-10

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Re: Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

i tried installing bootsplash, but when i try modprobing radeonfb i get some unresolved symbols. radeonfb works fine before i use the patch though. i have an ATI Radeon mobility 7500 and a snapshot driver asa module.

dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

Registered: 2003-05-27

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Re: Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

i tried installing bootsplash, but when i try modprobing radeonfb i get some unresolved symbols. radeonfb works fine before i use the patch though. i have an ATI Radeon mobility 7500 and a snapshot driver asa module.

what kind of? can you give me some of the output you get?

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whatah

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Registered: 2003-08-10

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Re: Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

[22:37:55][root@DiRT]
[/home/nnzohar]$ modprobe radeonfb
/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o: unresolved symbol fb_display_Rsmp_92278c0f
/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o: unresolved symbol fbcon_dummy_Rsmp_262ce30c
/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o: insmod radeonfb failed

i have no clue what those are from, i tried a bit of googling, but i couldn't figure it out

Ghost Dawg

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From: Third Stone from the Sun

Registered: 2002-10-28

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Re: Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

What is the Bootsplash and what is it for?

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dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

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Re: Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

[22:37:55][root@DiRT]
[/home/nnzohar]$ modprobe radeonfb
/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o: unresolved symbol fb_display_Rsmp_92278c0f
/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o: unresolved symbol fbcon_dummy_Rsmp_262ce30c
/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb.o: insmod radeonfb failed

i have no clue what those are from, i tried a bit of googling, but i couldn't figure it out

try to use VESA-framebuffer instead of radeonfb ... this will do quite the same

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dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

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Re: Bootsplash and 2.4.22 Kernel

What is the Bootsplash and what is it for?

http://www.bootsplash.org/ for more info

http://archlinux.veloxis.de/howtos/boot … to_us.html for instructions for arch

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