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

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snekiepete · Post by **snekiepete** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:13 pm

I have noticeed this to appear, it seems normal

Illissius · Post by **Illissius** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:02 pm

dmesg says this:

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vesafb: NVidia Corporation, NV28 Board, Chip Rev A0 (OEM: NVidia)
vesafb: VBE version: 3.0
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:def0
vesafb: pmi: set display start = b00cdf35, set palette = b00cdfba
vesafb: pmi: ports = b4c3 b503 ba03 c003 c103 c403 c503 c603 c703 c803 c903 cc03 ce03 cf03 d003 d103 d203 d303 d403 d503 da03 ff03
vesafb: hardware doesn't support DCC transfers
vesafb: monitor limits: vf = 0 Hz, hf = 0 kHz, clk = 0 MHz
vesafb: mode 1024x76816bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1024x76816bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1024x76816bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1024x76816bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1024x76816bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1024x76816bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1024x76816bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1024x76816bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1024x76816bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1153x86416bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1280x96016bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1280x96016bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1280x102416bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1280x102416bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1280x102416bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1600x120016bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1600x120016bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1600x120016bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1600x120016bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1600x120016bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1792x134416bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1792x134416bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1856x139216bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1856x139216bpp not found
vesafb: mode 1920x144016bpp not found
vesafb: no matching VBE mode found
vesafb: probe of vesafb0 failed with error -22
vga16fb: initializing
vga16fb: mapped to 0xb00a0000
fb0: VGA16 VGA frame buffer device

I notice someone else has this same problem. I have an MSI GF4 Ti4200-8x VTD 128MB. All the relevant options in the kernel are on, and not as modules. If enable the bootlogo, that works; if I don't, it just boots up normally as if there were no splashscreen stuff configured at all. I'm using 2.6.8.1-nitro1. Here's the grub.conf entry:

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title=Gentoo, nitro-sources
root (hd0,8)
kernel /nitro-sources-kernel root=/dev/hda10 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-32@85 splash=verbose

(for the dmesg snippet above I manually edited the line to 16bpp, but it does the same thing if I choose 32 except it replaces 16 with 32 in all the 'not found' messages)

What could the problem be?

yngwin · Post by **yngwin** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:39 pm

I'm using kernel 2.6.8.1-xx1 which has the necessary patches, but on trying to emerge splashutils-0.9_pre06 I get:

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install -D fbtruetype.static /var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre06/image//sbin/fbtruetype.static
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre06/work/miscsplashutils-0.1.1/fbtruetype'
  CC      kernel/splash_kernel.o
In file included from splash_kernel.c:18:
/var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre06/work/splashutils-0.9-pre06/linux/include/linux/fb.h:305: error: field `modelist' has incomplete type
make: *** [kernel/splash_kernel.o] Error 1

!!! ERROR: media-gfx/splashutils-0.9_pre06 failed.
!!! Function src_install, Line 51, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

Any idea how I could solve this?

snekiepete · Post by **snekiepete** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:03 pm

yngwin wrote:I'm using kernel 2.6.8.1-xx1 which has the necessary patches, but on trying to emerge splashutils-0.9_pre06 I get:

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install -D fbtruetype.static /var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre06/image//sbin/fbtruetype.static
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre06/work/miscsplashutils-0.1.1/fbtruetype'
  CC      kernel/splash_kernel.o
In file included from splash_kernel.c:18:
/var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre06/work/splashutils-0.9-pre06/linux/include/linux/fb.h:305: error: field `modelist' has incomplete type
make: *** [kernel/splash_kernel.o] Error 1

!!! ERROR: media-gfx/splashutils-0.9_pre06 failed.
!!! Function src_install, Line 51, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

Any idea how I could solve this?

I am having the same problem as well, but with the 2.6.8.1-mm1 kernel. I have removed some things from the -mm patchset that I think are the culprit, and I am compiling now.

btw, does xx-sources patch to -mm?

discostu · Post by **discostu** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:20 pm

yngwin wrote:I'm using kernel 2.6.8.1-xx1 which has the necessary patches, but on trying to emerge splashutils-0.9_pre06 I get:

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install -D fbtruetype.static /var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre06/image//sbin/fbtruetype.static
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre06/work/miscsplashutils-0.1.1/fbtruetype'
  CC      kernel/splash_kernel.o
In file included from splash_kernel.c:18:
/var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre06/work/splashutils-0.9-pre06/linux/include/linux/fb.h:305: error: field `modelist' has incomplete type
make: *** [kernel/splash_kernel.o] Error 1

!!! ERROR: media-gfx/splashutils-0.9_pre06 failed.
!!! Function src_install, Line 51, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

Any idea how I could solve this?

I also have the same problem with 2.6.8-rc4-mm1. I first tried it without the fbsplash-0.9-r5-2.6.8-rc3.patch (I saw no rc4 patch available), but it gave me a message that I needed a patch before emerging splashutils. Then I applied that patch and now I get the same errors.

Illissius · Post by **Illissius** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:54 pm

I am getting the impression that my video BIOS doesn't have the correct information (or doesn't have any at all), which is why the log says things like 0Hz max refresh, and can't find any modes to use. Is this possible? Furthermore, if it is, is it possible to force a specific setting somehow whether or not the video card approves of it?

ashtophet · Post by **ashtophet** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:10 pm

here a weird trouble (using silent splashing)... when rebooting everything works fine, but when booting not (normal boot screen)... kernel gentoo-dev-2.6.8-r1, latest gensplash...

Illissius · Post by **Illissius** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:22 pm

According to the vesafb-tng website, this is indeed an isssue with the video BIOS. <expletives>

vesafb-tng::BIOSes

It has been reported that vesafb-tng doesn't work very well with nVidia 5900 boards. A user (nick: Danone) has reported to me that it is possible to make the board more cooperative by editing its BIOS. He has put a sample edited BIOS image on http://www.f-mt.de/linux/vfb/nvhack/ and asked for feedback if anyone decides to use it. You can contact him on ICQ, his UIN is 101509990. Note that messing with your BIOS is a risky procedure (at least far more risky than just trying vesaf-tng ) and I have no way of checking that this BIOS image will actually work. Don't try to do that if you aren't absolutely sure what you are doing. Ask Danone for help if you feel like trying it out.

Guess I'm be looking for alternate BIOSes for my Ti4200...

Headrush · Post by **Headrush** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:23 am

Ok, I am using the gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r1 which has the vesafb-ng and fbsplash already included.

I compiled the splashutils in portage, (pre6) and got everything working OK. (I think)

I did:

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splash_geninitramfs -g /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -r 1280x1024 default

My grub.conf has:

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kernel (hd1,1)/boot/kernel-2.6.8-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/hde2 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr,1024x768-16@60 splash=silent

When I reboot I get about a page and a half of kernel text messages and then it switches to the framebuffer screen.
Is this normal or should it startup at framebuffer like bootsplash?

Any ideas or similiar problems?

count_zero · Post by **count_zero** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:30 am

I have kind of the opposite problem...I just installed gensplash and I get the silent splash screen for awhile, and then it switches to the framebuffer for the second half of the init messages before login.

Also, I seem to have framebuffer only on virtual console 1...when I switch to vc2 I get the regular black screen login.

lokojones · Post by **lokojones** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:40 am

count_zero.. you should have read before posting.. there is the anser for that at this thread, anyway..

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nano -w /etc/conf.d/splash

at the last line, change "yes" to "no"

lokojones · Post by **lokojones** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:43 am

jubenvi, its normal since u use vesafb-tng from spock... its a nice patch but with normal vesafb, changing the mode with the "vga" did it well

u still can use normal vesafb if u want with fbsplash, but vesafb-tng is better, it allows much more framebuffer modes

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:20 am

I have a question.. How to enable the Progress bar while booting and how to use other theme (not emergance)? For example I want to use this theme:

http://www.bootsplash.de/files/themes/s ... se-top.png

http://www.bootsplash.de/files/themes/T ... ix.tar.bz2

I tried the way it's described in the HOW-TO, but didn't worked!! Then I tried using the same cfg files but emergance's pictures. It worked. But I don't want Emergance

Evry kind of help will be apriciated.

snekiepete · Post by **snekiepete** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:22 am

you have to have the same file structure as the emergenct theme.

first put your theme in /etc/splash
then link you theme to "default" with a symbolic link.

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ln -s /etc/splash/yourtheme /etc/splash/default

then move the appropriate bootsplash-.cfg file to the appropriate place (/etc/splash/default)

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cp /etc/splash/default/config/bootsplash-resolution.cfg /etc/splash/default/resolution.cfg

notice that you drop the "bootsplash" part of the filename, so for example:

bootsplash-1280x1024.cfg should be

copied as 1280x1024.cfg nd it is copied to /etc/splash/default

then change the config so that it points to the right pictures

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nano -w /etc/splash/default/resolution.cfg

your pics are now located in /etc/splash/*themeyouwant*/images/*picsyouwant*

instead of /etc/bootsplash/images.............

you then have to run the splash_geninitramfs command (change the resolution to your res.)
cd to /usr/src/linux
make bzImage
mount /boot
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/.............

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:30 am

Another question. What do I do with jpeg= Change it into pic=?

The new 1024x768.cfg looks like this:

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# This is the configuration file for the 1024x768 bootsplash picture.
# This file is necessary to specify the coordinates of the text box on the
# splash screen.
# Created by polachok(polachok@narod.ru) from Mandrake Linux theme v.3
# Visit http://www.polachok.spb.ru for new version
version=3

# should the picture be displayed?
state=1

# fgcolor is the text forground color.
# bgcolor is the text background (i.e. transparent) color.
fgcolor=7
bgcolor=0

# (tx, ty) are the (x, y) coordinates of the text window in pixels.
# tw/th is the width/height of the text window in pixels.
tx=40
ty=50
tw=944
th=632

# ttf message output parameters
text_x=200
text_y=430
text_size=20
text_color=0xeef4ff

# name of the picture file (full path recommended)
jpeg=/etc/splash/AquaMatrix/images/bootsplash-1024x768.jpg
silentjpeg=/etc/splash/AquaMatrix/images/silent-1024x768.jpg

progress_enable=0

# background
box silent noover 200 465 824 485 #04045498
box silent inter 200 466 200 484 #eeeeee #eeeeee #21449c #21449c
box silent       200 466 824 484 #eeeeee #eeeeee #21449c #21449c
# black border
box silent         200 485 824 485 #889499
box silent         200 465 824 465 #313234
box silent         200 465 200 485 #313234
box silent         824 465 824 485 #889499

# text box (left, top)
box     35 50  35 695 #313234
box     36  50 985 50 #313234
# (right, bottom)
box     985 51 985 695 #889499
box     36 695 985 695 #889499
# box itself
box noover 36 51 984 694 #01176398

overpaintok=1

I hope i don't sound like a retard

Headrush · Post by **Headrush** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:06 pm

lokojones says:

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jubenvi, its normal since u use vesafb-tng from spock... its a nice patch but with normal vesafb, changing the mode with the "vga" did it well

Are you saying that if I use the normal vesafb instead of the spock vesafb-tng, that I will get the framebuffer sooner? Will everything else work the same? Still works with gensplash?

I can live without the different refresh rates and such.

snekiepete · Post by **snekiepete** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:49 pm

[quote"MasterMind"]Another question. What do I do with jpeg= Change it into pic=?

The new 1024x768.cfg looks like this:[/quote]

it looks right

[quote"MasterMind"]I hope i don't sound like a retard

[/quote]

no not really

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:07 pm

O something more... How to enable Loading Progress bar and how to expand bootsplash to all terminals?

MasterMind · Post by **MasterMind** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:09 pm

I have to tell you something... It doesn't work

I installed splashutils like it says. But I didn't patch it, just installed. And I use gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r1 kernel (it is allredy patched..)

lokojones · Post by **lokojones** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:27 pm

yes, it should start with your default framebuffer resolution, at least sooner than with vesafb-tng...
And I want to know to how to expand it to all terminals, because uncommenting in /etc/conf.d/splash the line

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SPLASH_TTYS="0 1 2 3 4 5"

doesnt work for me...

HermanR · Post by **HermanR** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:03 pm

I just got gensplash/fbsplash working with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r1. Great!

Just a question: What do I have to do when I change to a new kernel. Does everything has to be done anew? The kernel patches are in gentoo-dev-sources now, but do I need to re-emerge splashutils and do

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splash_geninitramfs -v -g /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -r 1024x768 emergence

again?

I couldn't find this in the docs and howto's. Thanks.

snekiepete · Post by **snekiepete** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:54 pm

HermanR wrote:I just got gensplash/fbsplash working with gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.8-r1. Great!

Just a question: What do I have to do when I change to a new kernel. Does everything has to be done anew? The kernel patches are in gentoo-dev-sources now, but do I need to re-emerge splashutils and do
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splash_geninitramfs -v -g /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -r 1024x768 emergence
again?

I couldn't find this in the docs and howto's. Thanks.

when you change to a new kernel, just run the command you typed before you make your bzImage.

aslocum · Post by **aslocum** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 2:19 pm

ok i got rid of those splash and splash_utils errors:
the reason is that 'splash' will be called BEFORE the mounting.. so if you have /usr on another partition you will get the errors!

cp /usr/bin/fbset /sbin
cp /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62 /lib
cp /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 /lib

edit the /sbin/splash:
line 31: res=`/sbin/fbset | grep "^mode" | sed -r 's/mode "([0-9]+x[0-9]+).*/\1/'`

but i have another issue running the newest love (2.6.8-love2_rc4-r2) and ati radeon 9700pro:
screenie
the boot process starts black and the lines are 'clearing' the picture...ok i can live with that.
but at the end of boot and switching back to console it ends up this screenie.
i have tried many boot args.. my current are:
kernel=(hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.8-love2_rc4-r2 root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,pmipal,mttr,1280x1024-16@60 splash=verbose,theme:my

any help ?

eross · Post by **eross** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:45 pm

any idea on how to get this working with lilo?

ii'm using devsources2.6.8r1 (patch included), frame buffer is on:

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vesafb: framebuffer at 0xb0000000, mapped to 0xd8809000, size 16384k

this is how kernel is recieving the lilo "append" (from dmesg):

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Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=gentoo ro root=343 video=vesafb:yrwap,pmipal,1024x768-32@75 splash=silent,theme:emergence

this is my lilo.conf

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boot=/dev/hdb
prompt
delay=15
vga=792
default=gentoo

image=/boot/vmlinuz
  label=gentoo
  read-only
  root=/dev/hdb3
  append="video=vesafb:yrwap,pmipal,1024x768-32@75 splash=silent,theme:emergenc$

though nothing is showed while booting, nothing at all, just like a normal boot.

any tips?

i'm kinda lost here

snekiepete · Post by **snekiepete** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 1:03 pm

append="video=vesafb:yrwap,pmipal,1024x768-32@75 splash=silent,theme:emergenc$

there are some spelling errors here that may be affecting your progress.....

change yrwap to ywrap and emergenc$ to emergence

I dont't think that the theme:emergence is totally necessary since it is the default. You might even want to try taking that out or changing it to theme:default