Re: [gentoo-user] where's the splash?

[Chris Cox]

On Tuesday 16 August 2005 02:28 pm, Holly Bostick wrote:
> Chris Cox schreef:
> > On Monday 15 August 2005 12:57 am, Holly Bostick wrote:
> >>Nagatoro schreef:
> >>>John Dangler wrote:
> >>>>doesn't do it, either.  what else could I be missing?
> >>>
> >>>From my /boot/grub/grub.conf
> >>>---
> >>>kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6.4 root=/dev/hda2\
> >>>   video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1280x1024-16@60\
> >>>   splash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.0 CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 udev
> >>>initrd (hd0,0)/splash
> >>>---
> >>
> >>In my experience, the livecd theme (all versions) is broken. Silent
> >>gives me a kernel panic, verbose halts, unable to find the 8bpp pix.
> >>
> >>Try emergence. That one seems to work.
> >>
> >>Holly
> >
> > I've never had any problems getting either livecd2005.0 or 2005.1
>
> Would you share your grub.conf line, the listing of files in the
> /etc/splash/livecd-2005.1/images directory, and the text of
> /etc/splash/livecd-2005.1/1280x1024.cfg, if it's not too much trouble?
> Neither livecd theme (2005.0 or 2005.1) works for me (and they both fail
> in exactly the same way), so I'd like to know why if possible (just
> haven't had time to dedicate to investigating it). I'd much rather be
> using that theme than emergence (even though emergence has a matching
> GDM theme. I don't care. I don't like emergence very much :) ).
>
> Thanks,
> Holly

I suppose I could do that if it would help. It isn't anything special I'm sure 
but when I wanted to try putting my root file system on LVM2 I had to make me 
an initrd so even though I hate Genkernel I used it just to build the initrd 
so thats why that is in my grub.conf.

I attatched them to this thread.

-- 
Chris
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