boot splash screen

crash3m at trelane.net crash3m at trelane.net
Sun Aug 4 21:17:41 CDT 2002 

sorry for the confusion...I dont always get my message accrossed.
If you use urpmi bootsplash (the way I did it) it will, in theory,
install everything you need and configure it.  The
/etc/sysconfig/bootsplash is the configuration file thats read, not an
image.  The image(s) contained in the mandrake rpm (which is installed
with urpmi) lay in
/usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/images/

I suggest you rpm -e bootsplash-package-that-you-installed...
then urpmi bootsplash
then go about tweaking it once it actually works, doing everything all
at once doesn't work to swell...work on the basics, then move on.

ML

On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 13:32:09 -0700 (PDT)
mac ten <dlegion at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I got the instructions from here:
> http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=2013&PHPSESSID=a7675bf6a9262d7d6187f0aae986314c
> 
> If that dont take you there, what your looking for is
> the Mac OSX bootsplash for Mandrake.
> 
> So are you saying that if my image that I want to use
> not in the /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash, then it wont
> work?
> 
> --- crash3m at trelane.net wrote:
> > where did you get these instructions?  Out of
> > curiosity I ran 'urpmi
> > bootsplash' to install it and it said nothing like
> > that... reviewing
> > /etc/lilo.conf it doesnt appear to have changed
> > anything vga still =
> > normal here (which I set)  I ran urpmf bootsplash to
> > see which files it
> > installs to check for images and configuration.  
> > 
> > bootsplash:/bin/fbresolution
> > bootsplash:/bin/progress
> > bootsplash:/etc/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/cfg
> >
> bootsplash:/etc/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/cfg/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg
> >
> bootsplash:/etc/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/cfg/bootsplash-1280x1024.c
> fg
> >
> bootsplash:/etc/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/cfg/bootsplash-800x600.cfg
> >
> bootsplash:/etc/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/global.config
> > bootsplash:/etc/sysconfig/bootsplash
> > bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/scripts
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/scripts/detect-resolution
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/scripts/make-boot-splash
> > bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/scripts/rewritejpeg
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/scripts/switch-themes
> > bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/images
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/images/bootsplash-10
> 24
> > x768.jpg
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/images/bootsplash-12
> 80
> > x1024.jpg
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/images/bootsplash-80
> 0x
> > 600.jpg
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/lilo
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/lilo/message
> > bootsplash:/usr/share/doc/bootsplash-1.3.10
> >
> bootsplash:/usr/share/doc/bootsplash-1.3.10/ChangeLog
> > bootsplash:/usr/share/doc/bootsplash-1.3.10/README
> > 
> > One of the files of
> > interest was  /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash  which is
> > where the mkinitrd
> > will look to pick the image up.
> > 
> > SPLASH=auto
> > THEME=Mandrake
> > LOGO_CONSOLE=theme
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 12:51:55 -0700 (PDT)
> > mac ten <dlegion at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > vga=normal gave me the same results as not having
> > a
> > > vga= at all.  It still doesnt show the bootsplash
> > > image.  Here are the instructions that I followed.
> > > 
> > > How to install the bootsplash:
> > > 1: Copy the image:
> > > cp bootsplash-1024x768.jpg
> > > /usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/images.
> > > 
> > > 2: Delete your old initrd:
> > > rm /boot/initrd-4.4.18-6mdk.img
> > > 
> > > 3: Create a new initrd:
> > > mkinitrd -f /boot/initd-2.4.18-6mdk.img
> > 2.4.18-6mdk
> > > 
> > > 4: Make sure lilo is set to boot up in 1024x768
> > mode:
> > > Open /etc/lilo.conf in an editor
> > > Replace all the "vga=..." lines with "vga=791"
> > > (if you dont see any, add "vga=791" at the top of
> > the
> > > file
> > > 
> > > 5: rerun lilo:
> > > lilo -v
> > > 
> > > Thats what I followed, I did not put the " marks
> > > around the vga=791.  Do you know what I might have
> > > missed when following these directions?
> > > 
> > > Thank You.
> > > --- crash3m at trelane.net wrote:
> > > > try vga=normal
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 12:07:25 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > mac ten <dlegion at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > I am using mandrake 8.2.
> > > > > That is correct, the bootsplash I downloaded
> > gave
> > > > me
> > > > > instructions to enter vga=791 at the top of
> > > > lilo.conf.
> > > > > I also tried vga=788. I just now removed the
> > > > vga=line
> > > > > all together. I no longer have the error
> > mentioned
> > > > > before but I also still dont have a
> > bootsplash.
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- crash3m at trelane.net wrote:
> > > > > > So let me get this right... You were missing
> > the
> > > > > > vga= line, and per the
> > > > > > instructions you added vga=791 right?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Which distro and version are you using?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ML
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 11:44:01 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > > > mac ten <dlegion at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Greetings,
> > > > > > > My lilo config didnt have a vga line in
> > it, so
> > > > the
> > > > > > > directions I read told me to put a vga=791
> > at
> > > > the
> > > > > > top
> > > > > > > of the lilo.conf.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Is there something I'm missing?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Thank You.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > --- crash3m at trelane.net wrote:
> > > > > > > > That is referring to the FrameBuffer
> > entry
> > > > in
> > > > > > your
> > > > > > > > lilo.conf...the vga=
> > > > > > > > line.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > ML
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 04:20:10 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > > > > > mac ten <dlegion at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Greetings,
> > > > > > > > > I installed a boot splash screen on
> > > > mandrake
> > > > > > 8.2.
> > > > > > > > > I followed the directions in the txt
> > file
> > > > to
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > letter.  When I reboot the machine it
> > > > tells me
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > > > > passed an undefined mode number.  It
> > gives
> > > > me
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > option of hitting enter to choose a
> > node
> > > > > > number or
> > > > > > > > > hitting space, either way I go I am
> > able
> > > > to
> > > > > > boot
> > > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > > > fine but it doesnt show the boot
> > splash
> > > > that I
> > > > > > > > tried
> > > > > > > > > to set up.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Anyone know what I'm talking about?
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Thank You.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
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