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On 6/21/07, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> The Gentoo Wiki page lists two different entries for doing |
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> framebuffer setup. I've never used framebuffers and wanted to check it |
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> out. Which is more appropriate for a new installation of 2007.0 on an |
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> older machine? (Athlon XP 1600+ with an NVidia GeForce4 MX 4000) |
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> |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer:Bootsplash:Grubsplash |
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> |
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> Why aren't these Wiki pages dated or am I missing that? |
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> Thanks, |
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> Mark |
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> |
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For lack of wanting to wait I proceeded with the HOWTO_fbsplash page. |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash |
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Things are going OK and I'm down to the point where I should be able |
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to display the splash page by hand using the following command: |
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splash_manager --theme=livecd-2007.0 --cmd=set --tty=1 |
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which results in the following error: |
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Rocker ~ # splash_manager --theme=livecd-2007.0 --cmd=set --tty=1 |
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No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme. |
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FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE failed, error code 9. |
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Rocker ~ # |
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I presume this is saying that it doesn't support 24-bit color mapping? |
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I see from xdpyinfo that I seem to have 24 bit as default? |
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<SNIP> |
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screen #0: |
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print screen: no |
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dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (433x347 millimeters) |
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resolution: 75x75 dots per inch |
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depths (7): 24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32 |
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root window id: 0xa3 |
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depth of root window: 24 planes |
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number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1 |
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default colormap: 0x20 |
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<SNIP> |
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Following that I tried switching to 16-bit operation in X but I still |
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get the same message: |
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<SNIP> |
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screen #0: |
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print screen: no |
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dimensions: 1280x1024 pixels (433x347 millimeters) |
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resolution: 75x75 dots per inch |
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depths (7): 16, 1, 4, 8, 15, 24, 32 |
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root window id: 0x7f |
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depth of root window: 16 planes |
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number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1 |
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default colormap: 0x20 |
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default number of colormap cells: 64 |
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preallocated pixels: black 0, white 65535 |
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options: backing-store NO, save-unders NO |
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<SNIP> |
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Rocker ~ # splash_manager --theme=livecd-2007.0 --cmd=set --tty=1 |
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No 8bpp verbose picture specified in the theme. |
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FBIOSPLASH_SETSTATE failed, error code 9. |
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Rocker ~ # |
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Rocker ~ # zcat /boot/fbsplash-livecd-2007.0-1280x1024 | cpio --list |
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. |
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root |
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sbin |
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sbin/splash_helper |
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dev |
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dev/null |
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dev/misc |
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dev/fb |
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dev/console |
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dev/vc |
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etc |
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etc/splash |
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etc/splash/livecd-2007.0 |
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etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/1280x1024.cfg |
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etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/images |
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etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/images/background-1280x1024.png |
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etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/images/verbose-1280x1024.png |
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etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/images/overlay-1024.png |
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etc/splash/livecd-2007.0/Vera.ttf |
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lib |
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lib/splash |
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lib/splash/sys |
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lib/splash/proc |
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768 blocks |
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Rocker ~ # |
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At this point I'm not at all sure what to do so if anyone can help |
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me save some time I would certainly appreciate it. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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