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Ok - I went back through the wiki article on using gensplash with genkernel. |
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I used - genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all |
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(I usually --udev on the end, but every time I get told that -udev is |
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deprecated since it is the default behavior) |
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At the end of the process, I checked /var/log/genkernel.log . The last |
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lines there look like this - |
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>> Installing gensplash [ using the livecd-2005.1 theme ]. |
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Merging |
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initramfs-base-layout.cpio.gz |
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initramfs-aux.cpio.gz |
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initramfs-busybox-1.00-rt-mdstart.plasmaroo.cpio.gz |
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initramfs-insmod-0.9.15-pre4.cpio.gz |
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initramfs-udev-054.cpio.gz |
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initramfs-modules-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz |
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initramfs-splash-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz |
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Gentoo Linux Genkernel: Version 3.3.5 |
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Running with options ; genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all |
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ERROR: Could not copy the initramfs to /boot |
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(yes, /boot is mounted) |
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Then, I look at the long list in /boot . (ls -l) |
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I compiled this today 8/21/05) at around 9pm (2100) |
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1603780 Aug 21 21:07 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 |
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10928128 Aug 21 21:20 initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 |
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I set up an additional grub entry for the splash options on the kernel line, |
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and rebooted to see what the effect was. |
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After the initial information at bootup, all I got was a black screen [This |
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is on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. I may have the wrong settings |
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(1024x768-32@72), so if anyone knows how to correctly identify this I'd |
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appreciate it]. I had to power off and on again to get video returned. |
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I then tried the default r9 kernel boot without the splash - KERNEL PANIC . |
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vfs out of sync. |
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I rebooted into the old (r6 kernel), and re-ran 'genkernel --menuconfig |
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--udev all' (no splash) to rebuild the r9 kernel, rebooted to the r9 kernel, |
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and all is well. |
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Anyone offering any assistance with this, please do. I've gotten everything |
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in the base system running well except this issue, and I'm about to throw in |
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the towel on splash. |
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John D |
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