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On 04 March 2006 15:25, c.s.prakash wrote: |
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> i had installed gentoo without splash screen on boot up (ie., bootsplash) |
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> how can i configure now |
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Don't use bootsplash; that's obsolete. Instead, use just "splash". |
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Emerge splash and whatever theme you want. |
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Emerge, if you haven't done so, genkernel. Use genkernel to create an initrd |
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(actually, initramfs) for you even if you haven't used genernel for compiling |
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the kernel: |
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genkernel --gensplash=your_theme --gensplash-res=1024x768 initrd |
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Replace "your_theme" and "1024x768" with your preferred settings. Add |
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"--menuconfig" to the option if you want to look up your kernel configuration |
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again, but if you change it you must also compile a new kernel. Inside the |
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kernel, you need support for the framebuffer and for splash. |
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Assuming you are using grub as a boot loader, you need an entry in grub.conf |
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like this: |
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title= NOS - The Namibian Office Solution by SysEx (Pty) Ltd. |
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root (hd0,1) |
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kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 |
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init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda2 quiet udev CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 |
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video=vesafb:ywrap,1024x768-16@85 splash=silent,theme:sysex |
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initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 |
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Obviously, you have to adjust devices, kernel version, initrd version, theme |
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and resolution to your liking. |
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Voila! |
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Uwe |
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