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On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 05:23:56PM +0200, Jimmy Jazz wrote: |
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Hi, |
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> > Are you sure you have compiled splashutils with fbsplash-support enabled? |
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> No alas, since my kernel is now "full modular" (even vtcon and fb). It works well. |
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> As soon as readeonfb and vtcon are loaded, the splash screen appears on the |
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> display (the one with the alt-F1 comment of course). I get even more |
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> "visible" memory for free than before. Also, i tried to activate fbsplash |
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> support in the kernel as well with a little hack in Kconfig (depends on |
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> FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE && !FB_TILEBLITTING). With or without modules i |
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> couldn't compile the kernel. That's why i'm still using |
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> media-gfx/splashutils-1.3.1. For example, con2fb_map is not found by |
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> the "linker". |
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Fbsplash doesn't work as a module, it can only be used when fbcon is |
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compiled into the kernel. |
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> Just a comment about how you built fbsplash. |
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> Why not include splash_helper code directly in a kernel module, instead to |
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> call /sbin/splash_helper ? |
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If you want to have splash_helper's functionality _inside_ the kernel, |
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just use bootsplash. Putting userspace stuff, like JPEG and PNG |
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decoders, where it belongs (i.e. userspace) was the most fundamental |
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design idea behind splashutils :) |
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> I didn't use /sbin/splash_util.static at all during the boot process. I |
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> wasn't able to implement it very well and got many freezes. I didn't |
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> find out what was going on :( Perhaps some problems with the pipe file |
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> !? If i get more time i will investigate it. |
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Perhaps, but putting it inside an initramfs isn't a very good idea. It |
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would be better to aim for a very fast boot during the early-userspace |
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stage and to let the splash daemon be started the normal way (i.e. by |
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the Gentoo baselayout scripts). |
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> With splashutils 1.3.1 everything is working well except the icons. |
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> Indeed, xdm icon appears every now and then and hides the other icons. |
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> Certainly, due to the fact 1.3.1 splashutils release doesn't support |
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> livecd-2007.0 . |
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Right, that's a problem with how anims are handled in 1.3.1 and it's |
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indeed fixed in 1.4.2. |
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> If you accept suggestions, i emit this one : It would be great if |
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> fbsplash could be loaded as a module and would accept vtcon and fb as |
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> modules too :) |
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I'll keep that in mind and maybe implement it when I have some more free |
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time. |
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Have you had a chance to try splashutils 1.4.2 with baselayout-2*? If |
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so, did it fix the missing-splash-screen problem? |
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Best regards. |
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Michal Januszewski JID: spock@×××××××××.org |
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Gentoo Linux Developer http://people.gentoo.org/spock |
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