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marrowhk
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 Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 3:56 am Post subject: Splashutils without initrd |
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Build a kernel with splashutils splash built in (mini howto)
None of this is new, it's all on Splashutils wiki, all i do is make the process quicker by using aliases:
 Build your splash into your kernel for fast booting.
1. Create the aliases needed to rebuild the kernel when needed
| Code: | alias splashup="touch /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz \
&& rm /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz \
&& splash_geninitramfs -g /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -v -r 1280x1024 clarke \
&& touch /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz"
alias kernup="mount /boot && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make && make modules_install \
&& emerge -q dazuko truecrypt cdfs alsa-driver svgalib fuse hal cryptsetup klibc && make modules_install \
&& cp -iv arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel && cp /usr/src/linux/.config /boot/config && umount /boot"
alias kernupman="mount /boot && cd /usr/src/linux && make menuconfig && make && make modules_install && cp -iv arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel && umount /boot" |
2. Build a new kernel
1. splashup (builds the splash into the kernel)
2. kernup (builds a completely new kernel and kernel dependent packages)
3. kernupman (rebuilds an already configured kernel i.e., to change a specific module)
Change the aliases to reflect the packages you have installed, your splash-theme name and the name of your kernel and updating to a new kernel is as easy as this:
A : su
B : splashup
C : kernup
Done!
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/boot/grub/menu.lst
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default 0
timeout X
hiddenmenu
title Gentoo 2008
root (hdX,X)
kernel /XXXX root=/dev/XXXX video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr:3 vga=XXXX splash=silent,theme:XXXX quiet console=tty1
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JeliJami
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe you should consider module-rebuild to rebuild kernel-dependent packages.
It would make the kernup alias more general.
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marrowhk
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:15 am Post subject: |
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module-rebuild seems a little confused about fully qualified package names;
| Code: | # module-rebuild list
** Packages which I will emerge are:
=/cdfs-2.6.23
=/alsa-driver-1.0.15
=/truecrypt-4.3a
=/dazuko-2.3.4
=app-crypt/truecrypt-4.3a
=media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.15
=sys-fs/cdfs-2.6.23
=sys-fs/dazuko-2.3.4 |
The populate option adds full names over short names and removing the short names is not possible. Seems like "putting legs on a snake" for such a small item, though if it worked I'd definitely use it.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:16 am Post subject: |
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That sounds like a new bug.
You should report this issue on https://bugs.gentoo.org.
I never had problems with module-rebuild. It is part of my series of commands when rebuilding a new kernel.
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I think you can (re)move the files in /var/lib/module-rebuild and start over.
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Looks like a solution. thanks
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