splashutils will not switch from silent to verbose at boot

[billydv]

Here is my specs

emerge --info
Portage 2.2.0_alpha114 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.7.1, glibc-2.15-r2, 3.4.4-gentoo x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.4.4-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-3960X_CPU_@_3.30GHz-with-gentoo-2.1
Timestamp of tree: Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:30:01 +0000
app-shells/bash: 4.2_p29
dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12
dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3-r1
dev-util/cmake: 2.8.8-r3
dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26
sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc: 0.10.3
sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69
sys-devel/automake: 1.6.3-r1, 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.5, 1.12.1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1
sys-devel/gcc: 4.7.1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3
sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2
sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.4 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r2
Repositories: gentoo miscellaneous
Installed sets: @system
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="${EPREFIX}/etc/gconf /etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--keep-going --quiet-build=n"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch xattr"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
MAKEOPTS="-j24 -l30"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/miscellaneous"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow X a52 aac aalib accessibility acl acpi aften alsa amd64 animate archive ares artworkextra audio audiofile avahi bash-completion beep berkdb bidi bittorrent bluetooth bookmarks branding bzip2 cairo cdda cddb cdio cdr chm cli clucene consolekit corefonts cpudetection cracklib crypt css cups curl cxx dbus declarative deprecated designer-plugin device-mapper dga directfb discouraged doc dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdnav dvdr ebook eds elisp emacs emboss emerald encode esd eselect examples exif expat extra-tools extras fam fat fax fbcon fbcondecor ffmpeg firefox flac flash fltk fontconfig foomaticdb fortran ftp fts3 fuse g3dvl gcj gd gdbm gdu ggi gif gimp glep glib gnome gnutls gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk handbook hddtemp hfs hpijs html httpd hwdb hyperestraier iconv idn imagemagick imlib inkjar inotify ipv6 jack jadetex java jfs joystick jpeg jpeg2k kde kdrive kerberos konqueror lame lcms ldap libcaca libnotify libsamplerate live lm_sensors mad mail matroska md5sum mdnsresponder-compat mikmod mime mjpeg mmx mmxext mng modules mono mozilla mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap multilib musepack musicbrainz mysql nas nautilus ncurses networking new-login nls npp nptl nsplugin ntfs objc odbc offensive ogg openal openexr opengl openmp osdmenu pam pango pcre pdf perl plasma png policykit postgres ppds pppd ps pulseaudio python qt3support qt4 quicktime raptor rar rdesktop readline realmedia reflection regex reiser4 reiserfs reports samba sametime scanner script sdl secure-delete semantic-desktop servletapi session sip skins slang slp smbclient smp sndfile snmp sound speech speex spell sqlite sse sse2 ssl startup-notification static-ppds stream subversion svg swat sysfs syslog tcpd templates themes theora threads thumbnail tidy tiff timidity tk tools truetype udev udisks unicode unsupported upower usb utils v4l2 vala vcd vdpau vdr video vlm vmware_guest_linux vorbis wav wavpack weather webkit wmf wxwidgets x264 xattr xcb xcomposite xfs xine xml xorg xpm xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev joystick keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev nvidia nv vesa" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
USE_PYTHON="2.7 3.2"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS


I am running grub2

here is the config

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=1280x1024
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
fi
insmod gfxmenu
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/Natural_Gentoo/dejavu_mono_14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/Natural_Gentoo/dejavu_sans_14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/Natural_Gentoo/dejavu_sans_bold_14.pf2
insmod png
set theme=($root)/boot/grub2/themes/Natural_Gentoo/theme.txt
export theme
if sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
set timeout=10
fi
play 480 440 1
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/02_linux ###
menuentry 'Gentoo GNU/Linux' --class gentoo --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.4.4-gentoo ...'
linux /boot/kernel-3.4.4-gentoo root=/dev/sda1 ro root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=8192 real_root=/dev/sda1 udev video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent,theme:natural_gentoo console=tty1 quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-3.4.4-gentoo
set gfxpayload=1280x1024x16
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Gentoo GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f' {
menuentry 'Gentoo GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.4.4-gentoo' --class gentoo --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.4.4-gentoo-advanced-a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.4.4-gentoo ...'
linux /boot/kernel-3.4.4-gentoo root=/dev/sda1 ro root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=8192 real_root=/dev/sda1 udev video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent,theme:natural_gentoo console=tty1 quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-3.4.4-gentoo
set gfxpayload=1280x1024x16
}
menuentry 'Gentoo GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.4.2-gentoo-r1' --class gentoo --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.4.2-gentoo-r1-advanced-a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f' {
load_video
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
fi
echo 'Loading Linux 3.4.2-gentoo-r1 ...'
linux /boot/kernel-3.4.2-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/sda1 ro root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=8192 real_root=/dev/sda1 udev video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent,theme:natural_gentoo console=tty1 quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initramfs-3.4.2-gentoo-r1
set gfxpayload=1280x1024x16
}
}

### END /etc/grub.d/02_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/08_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### Example genkernel entry
#menuentry 'GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.0.3-gentoo' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
# load_video
# insmod gzio
# insmod part_msdos
# insmod ext2
# set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
# search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a5c33bd1-350e-4da3-a9a1-e3da2dffd12f
# echo 'Loading Linux 3.0.3-gentoo ...'
# linux /boot/kernel-3.0.3-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=8192 real_root=/dev/sda1 udev video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap splash=silent,theme:natural_gentoo console=tty1 quiet
# initrd /boot/initramfs-3.0.3-gentoo
# set gfxpayload=1024x768x16
#}
menuentry 'Windows 7 Ultimate 64' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
insmod chain
set root='(hd1,msdos1)'
drivemap -s hd0 hd1
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7CEBDF685D1CBAA1
chainloader +1
}

### END /etc/grub.d/08_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###


My hardware is a Rampage IV extreme lga2011
I7 3960X CPU
64GB DDR2400 Gskill memory
I don't believe this was a problem on the previous hardware. Maybe I need to build usb support into kernel?
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Billy DeVincentis

[billydv]

Ok, what I am seeing is that alt f1 will switch it but not f2
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Billy DeVincentis

[billydv]

Could this have anything to do with grub2?
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Billy DeVincentis

[billydv]

Solved by building usb support into kernel and not as modules
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Billy DeVincentis