Gensplash-How-to with progressbar!!!!!

[enigma_0Z]

actually I fixed that... You need to start the splash daemon...

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# /etc/init.d/splash start

And to make it start up every boot:

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# rc-update add splash default

But colors are still really screwed up with the bootsplash, and I lose my progressbar with 8bit color. I'm using radeonfb, should I use vesafb instead?

Also, when switching between a framebuffer virtual console and X my picture on my monitor gets out of sync with the computer and the image is screwey and skewed off to an angle. and I have to restart X

EDIT: OK, vesafb fixed the colors, but now I can only go at a bleeding-eyes 60 Hz refresh rate. Is there any way I can get a better refresh rate? I tried using vesafb-tng instead of vesafb in my grub.conf but no go, it's screwy colors again. I'd like to have a mode of 1024x768-32@75, which I know is well within my monitor's and graphics card's abilities.

I've got an ATi Radeon 9000 and kernel version 2.6.8-r10, should I upgrade to 2.6.9* or 2.6.10*?

[[UK]Superdude]

Well, after more reading and more reading and more playing and some swearing, I fixed my problem.
I can't exactly say what the problem was, but these are the things I changed.
1. Grub.conf
this:

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kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd3 elevator=cfq video=vesafb:mtrr,1280x1024-32@85 splash=verbose,theme:emergence

to this:

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kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd3 elevator=cfq video=vesafb:mtrr,1280x1024@85 splash=verbose,theme:default

Specifically I changed the reference from emergence as the theme to default, as is selected by the sym link in /etc/splash

2. Creating the initrd
I used

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splash_geninitramfs -v -a /boot/fbsplash-emergence-1280x1024 -r 1280x1024 default

This appended to the initrd I had already created using

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splash_geninitramfs -v -g ......

The main differences was I used default instead of emergence. Appending to the initrd also seemed to make it all good too, for a reason unknown to me, there should be no difference between -g and -a.
I also compiled a new kernel (same sources, just emerge -C then remerged them). I changed no options tho so I think this was of no real consequence.

I have a sneaking suspicion that removing the colour depth was the mitigating factor.

EDIT: OK, vesafb fixed the colors, but now I can only go at a bleeding-eyes 60 Hz refresh rate. Is there any way I can get a better refresh rate? I tried using vesafb-tng instead of vesafb in my grub.conf but no go, it's screwy colors again. I'd like to have a mode of 1024x768-32@75, which I know is well within my monitor's and graphics card's abilities.

I've got an ATi Radeon 9000 and kernel version 2.6.8-r10, should I upgrade to 2.6.9* or 2.6.10*?

You are using a version of fbsplash with a bug that screws up the colours
see:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php? ... ninitramfs

A fix is provided in the thread if your happy hacking fbcon.c, or you can upgrade to a 2.6.10 (im using nitro and these sources are fixed).

The fix described is an easy one-liner. PM if you have issues with it.

[rosschilen]

Has anybody made an ebuild for gensplash themes or made them available on the web?

[enigma_0Z]

Well, after more reading and more reading and more playing and some swearing, I fixed my problem.
I can't exactly say what the problem was, but these are the things I changed.
1. Grub.conf
this:

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kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd3 elevator=cfq video=vesafb:mtrr,1280x1024-32@85 splash=verbose,theme:emergence

to this:

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kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd3 elevator=cfq video=vesafb:mtrr,1280x1024@85 splash=verbose,theme:default

Specifically I changed the reference from emergence as the theme to default, as is selected by the sym link in /etc/splash

Well looking at those entries, here's the differences that I see (if it helps what has changed), The theme shouldn't matter if default points to emergance, but the video mode specification is different... You don't specify a colour depth in the second one.

perhaps...

I just finished upgrading to the 2.6.10 kernel sources, actually... I'll check out the radeonfb

[[UK]Superdude]

Well looking at those entries, here's the differences that I see (if it helps what has changed), The theme shouldn't matter if default points to emergance, but the video mode specification is different... You don't specify a colour depth in the second one.

Exactly what I was thinking,
wonder if its a bug or an error in the way I was declaring it. Oh well, it works now and I'm a little reluctant to start playing with it

[NightDragon]

Hi everybody!

I've an problem with fbsplash.

My grub.conf:

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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.10-r6 den-dev Org.
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/gendevk-2.6.10-r6 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb-tng:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@60 splash=silent,theme:gechi
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/splash/gechi

The splashscreen is displayed. But there is no progress bar.
dmesg and co doesn't show any errors.

I also can use only some splash screens. Many doesn't work.
It's mysteries.

Any ideas?

Output of splash_geninitramfs

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ndragon root # splash_geninitramfs -v -g /boot/splash/dragonmatrix -r 1024x768 dragonmatrix
o Creating directory structure..
o Copying /sbin/splash_helper..
o Copying themes..
  - dragonmatrix
o Creating initramfs image..

[suineg]

I am also interested in staying in silent mode until X has been started, any update as to whether this is possible or not?

[enigma_0Z]

Hi everybody!

I've an problem with fbsplash.

My grub.conf:

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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.10-r6 den-dev Org.
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/gendevk-2.6.10-r6 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb-tng:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@60 splash=silent,theme:gechi
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/splash/gechi

The splashscreen is displayed. But there is no progress bar.
dmesg and co doesn't show any errors.

I also can use only some splash screens. Many doesn't work.
It's mysteries.

Any ideas?

Output of splash_geninitramfs

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ndragon root # splash_geninitramfs -v -g /boot/splash/dragonmatrix -r 1024x768 dragonmatrix
o Creating directory structure..
o Copying /sbin/splash_helper..
o Copying themes..
  - dragonmatrix
o Creating initramfs image..

Try using vesafb instead of vesafb-tng... I think that the vesafb-tng is a distinction only in the kernel, whichever one you have selected still refers to vesafb.

[enigma_0Z]

Has anybody made an ebuild for gensplash themes or made them available on the web?

no, but you can do this:

first execute this comand to download bootsplash themes:

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emerge -pvO bootsplash-themes

That is, pretend to verbosely emerge bootsplash-themes without dependencies...

then copy this script into a file called /etc/bootsplash/mexec

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#!/bin/bash

ls -d --color=no ./ | while read input
do
	bootsplash2fbsplash ${input}
done

exit 0

Then, (make sure you have splashutils emerged too) execute these commands...

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# cd /etc/bootsplash
# chmod +x ./mexec
# ./mexec

[[UK]Superdude]

I am also interested in staying in silent mode until X has been started, any update as to whether this is possible or not?

check your /etc/conf.d/splash file:

/etc/conf.d/splash

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# should we drop to verbose mode on initscript errors? (yes/no)
SPLASH_VERBOSE_ON_ERRORS="no"

Make sure that line is set to 'no' and your splash will stay silent (ie with progress bar) until xdm is started.

[suineg]

perfect thanks!

[Onip]

Try using vesafb instead of vesafb-tng... I think that the vesafb-tng is a distinction only in the kernel, whichever one you have selected still refers to vesafb.

I've already tried that, but changing to vesafb didn't let me choose the screen resolution and so I had fb at 640x480 with no theme because (I think) I installed a 1024x768 theme. There is a way to set an higher resolution with vesafb?
Thanks

[Magistrat]

a new splashutils is out.

does anybody have a clue yet, how animations and stuff are to get realised? e.g. is anyone _aware_ of themes using this?

(and i don't mean those using the bootsplash project)

thank you!

[[UK]Superdude]

a new splashutils is out.

does anybody have a clue yet, how animations and stuff are to get realised? e.g. is anyone _aware_ of themes using this?

(and i don't mean those using the bootsplash project)

thank you!

Changelog from new splashutils:

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 Added numerous new features and bugfixes:
  - support for devfs device names (bug #75515)
  - fixes for consolefont problems (bug #77122)
  - a splash_geninitramfs fix (bug #68518)
  - support for switching back to silent mode after receiving
    user input for services such as dm-crypt
  - support for theme-defined ttf fonts
  - support for boot icons
  - support for event-driven scripts

 Note that some of these are undocumented and usused at this point.
 Please wait for baselayout updates (bug #78492) and/or new themes
 to see them in action.

Nothing immediately leaps out in regards to splash animations.....

[growse]

Ok, I did everything it said, and I'm having a few problems.

When it boots, I get tux at the top left of the screen. Then it goes into the bit where it says "ok" all the time, and I get an error that it's looking for /etc/splash/default/640x480.cfg. Why is this?

grub menu.lst:

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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.10r6
root (hd0,2)
kernel /kernel-2.6.10r6 root=/dev/hda7 video=vesafb:ywrap,pmipal,1280x1024@60 splash=silent,theme:default
initrd /boot/fbsplash-gentoo-1280x1024

The fbsplash-gentoo-1280x1024 is there, and /etc/splash/default points at /etc/splash/gentoo.

What's wrong with it?

[RedLeg]

Sounds like a resolution problem.

It also sounds like you're confusing a couple of things. I pointed out earlier in the thread the differences between the image loaded when the kernel starts and the one loaded later by the /etc/init.d/splash startup script.

The args in your grub config have to do with the former. From that, it looks like you're trying to run at 1280x1024.

Once you get logged in, use fbset to verify the resolution your framebuffer is actually using. From your error, I suspect it is at 640x480. You will either need to get the fb running at 1280x1024, or make sure the theme has a background image and config for the resolution that's running.

Now, if:
- your framebuffer is actually running at 640x480 AND
- you created the initrd from the theme in question AND
- the theme doesn't have, or didn't have at the time you created the initrd a config or image for 640x480

That would explain why you are getting tux at boot instead of the image from the theme that I think you are expecting.

.... i think .....


Hope this helps....

Red

[NightDragon]

Hi again:

Try using vesafb instead of vesafb-tng... I think that the vesafb-tng is a distinction only in the kernel, whichever one you have selected still refers to vesafb.

It doesn't chance anything, but thx for the Info.

Any other ideas?

[EDIT - SOLVED!!]
Old one: video=vesafb-tng:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@60
New one: video=vesafb:mtrr,1024x768-32@60

[Magistrat]

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 Added numerous new features and bugfixes:
  - support for devfs device names (bug #75515)
  - fixes for consolefont problems (bug #77122)
  - a splash_geninitramfs fix (bug #68518)
  - support for switching back to silent mode after receiving
    user input for services such as dm-crypt
  - support for theme-defined ttf fonts
  - support for boot icons
  - support for event-driven scripts

 Note that some of these are undocumented and usused at this point.
 Please wait for baselayout updates (bug #78492) and/or new themes
 to see them in action.

Nothing immediately leaps out in regards to splash animations.....

his web page says ( for months)
- DFB MNG video provider
and marked completed.
so i supposed the new support for boot icons in combination with those animations, like the origin bootsplash project, is now available.

[russianpirate]

are there any sites that have gensplash themes?

[paul555]

Can anyone tell me how can i change the gensplash theme if i used genkernell to compile the kernel.When i tried to changed it never worked.Please help

[Onip]

look at this. I hope this will be solved soon.....

Byez

[star.dancer]

I have an ATI all-in-wonder 128 pro (has an ati rage 128 pro chipset and uses the aty128fb framebuffer device).

For some reason, when using gensplash the colours are totally screwy on bootup, this is a problem that was known with bootsplash (see http://www.bootsplash.org/faq.html "The ATI kernel framebuffer drivers don't use true color for 16/24/32bit resolutions per default but rather some index/true color mix"). There is a patch provided there but it doesn't apply to the newer kernels (I tried to manually stick in the changes, but the code seems to be changed quite drastically).

The strange thing is, when rc sets my console splash screens, the colours all work fine, and when I reboot/shutdown I get the splash screen in nice colours... For some reason, it just doesn't load the colours properly when it's booting up.

The solution is just to use vesafb-tng instead. It works ok for me. I don't really know if there' are hardware acceleration issues for other tasks with the framebuffer that would be brought up with this, like xframebuffer or something, but I only use framebuffer for bootup and my consoles. You may have to compile the kernel with only vesafb(-tng) support and not both that and aty128fb, I did so many kernel recompiles, I don't know what finally did it but I only have vesa compiled in now.

Hopefully someday, somebody fixes the aty128fb colour code, the patch on bootsplash.org seems fairly simple for someone who understands that stuff!

[atrain]

I still dont get the progress bar....

everything else works, but it only goes to one console...

[star.dancer]

check your /etc/conf.d/splash file:

/etc/conf.d/splash

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# should we drop to verbose mode on initscript errors? (yes/no)
SPLASH_VERBOSE_ON_ERRORS="no"

Make sure that line is set to 'no' and your splash will stay silent (ie with progress bar) until xdm is started.

Wow thanks! Another thing, which some people won't want to do, that helps get rid of the hiccups between splash switching to the console (like mine does halfway through shutting down for some reason...) is to make the main background image the same for both verbose and silent mode..

So my splash screen is a vampire with a translucent blood progress bar, and when it goes to console it's the same graphic (sans progress bar) but the whole thing is covered with a translucent red (so I can actually use the terminals and read the fonts). The overall effect is very consistent and smooth and although it's still dropping to console, it doesn't seem like anything went wrong.

[|cub|]

Hello. Sorry for a stupid question, i am a new guy in gentoo... I want gensplash to, my friend tells me that gentoo-dev-sources has all patches. When i emerged them i didnt found that part

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 Device Drivers > Graphics support:
 [*] Support for the framebuffer splash (NEW)

When i'm trying to patch it tells that kernel already patched...What should i do? Plese help...