On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 03:32:24 +0000, Jason Nielsen wrote:

>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 01:43:49 +0000, Al West wrote:
>>
>> > Does http://www.bootsplash.org/kernel.html shed any light on the matter?
>>
>> Yes, and no...
>>
>> See, genkernel 3.0 is supposed to do all this automatically. But, for some
>> reason it isn't...
>>
>> Compare my original text with the last box on that page.
>>
>
> I've never used genkernel but genkernel 3.0 is masked meaning it is
> developmental and hence not necessarily in working order. So 'broken and
> buggy' should not be an unexpected outcome.. things are usually masked for
> a reason! I think from your original post you said you are using a 2.6.*
> kernel which is also masked in the portage tree. To assume that a masked
> Gentoo specific tool will work on a masked kernel is asking a bit much
> don't you think? Basically you need to know how to do the following
> things to get bootsplash working:
>
> 1) patch the kernel source
> 2) build your own kernel
> 3) create a (ram disk) initrd for your bootimage (or run the
> splash script from http://www.bootsplash.org/kernel.html )
> 4) modify your grub/lilo config file appropriately (add
> initrd=/path/to/initrd)
>
> Actually the instructions are reasonably straight forward at
> http://www.bootsplash.org/kernel.html so give it a crack. They show you
> how to patch the kernel and you can learn how to build your own by
> following the Gentoo installation instructions. Good luck.

I am coming to the conclusion that right now the -only- splash that works
in this genkernel is the 1024x768@16...

There does not appear to be any way to specify any -specific- bootsplash
size. Specifying vga=788 or vga=0x314 does not change it...but gives me
either a black screen, or an out of sync page.

It might well be -not ready- yet, even though the "all" switch is supposed
to work.

In the meantime I think I'll just play with things the other way.

BTW, the kernel I have is supposed to already be patched...and has the
bootsplash option in it.


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