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

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

Version 2.0 of this document. edited 08/23/2004 8:48

Some preliminary information can be found here: (faq)
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=206778&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=100

and here: (homepage)
http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/

Alot of things have changed, most notably an improved default theme with more resolutions and the addition of splashutils into portage.

If your kernel is already patched with the fbsplash patch, start here: (mount /boot at this point)

http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/archive/gensplash-in-5-easy-steps.txt

Most new kernels (newer releases above 2.6.8-rc1 depending on the sources) are including this patch now. most notably:

I would check the changelog or release info to make sure the patch exists first since these are subject to change per eash release.

Patching your kernel.

----> If your kernel is patched with the bootsplash patch, you must reverse it before applying the fbsplash patch <----

You can get the fbsplash patch here:

http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/

gatiba · Guru Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Posts: 434

Emerge of splashutils stops with this error:

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

Was you kernel already patched and rebooted prior to the emerge? I am not sure if reboot is necessary, but that might be a possiblilty.

or

if you are using a pre-patched kernel, you may need to check to see if you have the most recent kernel patch?

just some ideas.

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

My splashutils build fails with this:

tests/mmaptest.c:14: warning: unused parameter `argc'
tests/mmaptest.c:14: warning: unused parameter `argv'
CONF libjpeg
MAKE libjpeg
CONF zlib
MAKE zlib
CONF libpng
MAKE libpng
CC kernel/splash_kernel.o
distcc[19989] ERROR: compile /root/.ccache/splash_ker.tmp.Gentoobox.19985.i on localhost failed
splash_kernel.c: In function `main':
splash_kernel.c:33: error: `FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_KERNEL' undeclared (first use in this function)
splash_kernel.c:33: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
splash_kernel.c:33: error: for each function it appears in.)
splash_kernel.c:77: error: `FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER' undeclared (first use in this function)
make: *** [kernel/splash_kernel.o] Error 1

>>> Install splashutils-0.9_pre03 into /var/tmp/portage/splashutils-0.9_pre03/image/ category media-gfx
CC kernel/splash_kernel.o
distcc[20231] ERROR: compile /root/.ccache/splash_ker.tmp.Gentoobox.20227.i on localhost failed
splash_kernel.c: In function `main':
splash_kernel.c:33: error: `FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_KERNEL' undeclared (first use in this function)
splash_kernel.c:33: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
splash_kernel.c:33: error: for each function it appears in.)
splash_kernel.c:77: error: `FB_SPLASH_IO_ORIG_USER' undeclared (first use in this function)
make: *** [kernel/splash_kernel.o] Error 1

!!! ERROR: media-gfx/splashutils-0.9_pre03 failed.
!!! Function src_install, Line 27, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

Using love-2.6.8-rc2-love3

I've already been trying to get this going via the other thread. I've already config'd the kernel and rebooted but didn't get any splash.

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

It looks like a problem with the kernel patch. Unless you reversed the patch that came with love-sources and repatched with the new one, it won't work I dont think. Let me know if this is the case, I can help get the right patch to your kernel if need be.

The kernel I use is development-sources patched with:

development-sources-2.6.8-rc3
vesafb-tng-0.9-rc3-r3-2.6.8-rc1.patch.bz2.
fbsplash-0.9-r2-2.6.8-rc3.patch
from_2.6.8-rc2_to_staircase7.E
supermount-ng204.diff.bz2

2.6.8-rc2-love3 has:

vesafb-tng-0.9-rc3-r2-2.6.8-rc2-bk2.diff
fbsplash-0.9-2.6.8-rc2-bk4.diff

so that may be the problem......unless you reverse these and patch the new ones, especially the fbsplash, I am not sure if the vesafb-tng would be the culprit.

If you're intersted, there is Mafteah-sources that has both of these already

here is a link to a patch to mm-sources-2.6.8-rc2-mm2

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=205703&highlight=lovesources

and a link to a patch to development-sources-2.6.8-rc3

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=206155&highlight=

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

Ok....now see, this is where I'm getting all weirded out

I'm not sure of what exactly is needed, as far as patches, for the kernel. The other thread *seemed* to indicate that the love sources kernel was 'ready to go' and didn't need any patches.

When I tried to patch the kernel using the fbsplash patch, I got this:

/usr/src/linux
cat fbsplash-0.9-r2-2.6.8-rc3.patch | patch -p1
patching file Documentation/fb/00-INDEX
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]

Can you say exactly which patches are needed for the 2.6.8-rc2-love3 kernel?

Also, not being very familiar with applying patches, I'm still getting konfoozed with the terminology. When you say 'reverse' a patch, I'm assuming you mean to 'uninstall' a patch that has been applied already, correct?

Does the -R prompt from the above attempted patch mean to 'reverse' the patch instead of re-applying it?

As for the vesafb-tng patch:

/usr/src/linux
bzip2 -dc vesafb-tng-0.9-rc3-r3-2.6.8-rc1.patch.bz2 | patch -p1
patching file arch/i386/boot/video.S
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]

gatiba · Guru Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Posts: 434

I use love-2.6.8-rc2-love3 also...
How can i reverse the patches?

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

EDIT -- this has been added to the howto

this should work.

download this (original patch)

http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/fbsplash-0.9-2.6.8-rc1.patch

and this patch (new patch)

http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/fbsplash-0.9-r2-2.6.8-rc1.patch

now this is the original patch from spock, the patch to love-sources could be a little different, but this is worth a try.

gatiba · Guru Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Posts: 434

TX!

I'll try it this evening!

Frodg · l33t Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 761

Yippee - Got it working.... it needed grub to have splash=silent and Bob's your uncle
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Frodg · l33t Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 761

A small but annoying issue

Everything works perfectly but at boot time I get this message several times at odd interval (paraphrased):

splash_util: error on loading libjpeg.so.62: cannot locate file - no such file or directory.

As it is just a warning message what does it mean if everything is working...?

I have looked for a cfg file for splash_utils that includes a reference to libjpeg but can't find one... Could it be a path issue ???
and where would I change the reference to libjpeg to clear the error message ?

Any Ideas.....
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ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

I get a repeating /sbin/splash line 68 syntax error. :lol:

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

snekiepete:

In part 3.5, the line:

# rm /etc/splash/default

I thought that 'default' was a directory (for some reason). Using rm implies that 'default' is a file?? If so, what is in this file? and where should it be located?

I'm a little unclear as to WHAT the file and directory structure of all this should look like. Can you/someone list what directories should exist, in the etc/splash path and what files are needed within each dir?

btw...I'm trying to set this up for the emergence theme @1280x1024.

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

Frogd

I remember having this error myself, but I can't remember how I fixed it.

btw are you using splashutils-0.9-pre04-gentoo-r1

and

fbsplash-0.9-r5-2.6.8-rc3.patch?

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

snekiepete:

Thanks for the clarification.

One thing that came up that I'm not sure is a prob or not though.

When doing:
# splash_geninitramfs -g /usr/src/linux/usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz -r 1280x1024 default

I get this results:
cpio: File ./img.cpio.gz grew, 131072 new bytes not copied

I'm going to reboot and try it out anyway but still want to confirm if that result is an issue or not.

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

this is not a problem, I get it too, I don't quite understand what it means, but everything should work!

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

No worky. Another question I keep forgetting to ask.

Does the verbose image HAVE to be a .png file format?

Strange that the silent splash is a .jpg but the other is a .png

I'll take a look again at the paths I've got setup. I prolly typo'd somewhere.

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

it shouldn't matter what the format is for the pic.

make sure /boot is mounted.

make sure you changed the filenames accordingly in /etc/splash/default/1280x1024.cfg

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

Ok....looks like I'm getting somewhere now. modified my menu.lst file with the kernel option: splash=verbose,theme:default

I assume the 'default' part is what points to the default dir symlinked to my theme dir. I also just like starting in verbose mode.

NOW.

What I get is a blue OPAQUE screen that nearly fills the entire viewing area with white text giving me verbose boot info. I can see the edges of the theme .jpg behind this blue window though....so the theme *is* being found and thrown up on the screen...it's just being covered up.

Any ideas what this blue window is or how I can change it to be transparent?

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

what theme are you using?

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

emergance

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

It wasn't mentioned in the instructions but is there a need to modify the kernel boot line in GRUB?

Here's my current line:
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage-2.6.8-rc2-love3 root=/dev/hda3 ro video=vesafb:ywrap,pmipal,1280x1024-24@75 splash=verbose,theme:default

the video=.......... section was put there manually.
In trying to eliminate the blue opaque screen, I changed the line to:
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage-2.6.8-rc2-love3 root=/dev/hda3 ro splash=verbose,theme:default

With that, I get the full size fonts, but no more blue screen section....but also NO emergance splash.

snekiepete · Guru Joined: 07 May 2003 Posts: 306 Location: WISCONSIN

I don't think I am getting what you are trying to say.

You want verbose splash so you want to see the boot process messages right?

If you are using the latest version of splashutils, verbose is chosen by default, therefore to get the silent boot image, you must have splash=silent in the grub line.

if you have splash=silent in you grub line you will see this image: (if you are not using the default emergence theme with the ebuild but the one from bootsplash)
http://www.bootsplash.de/files/themes/screenshots/Theme-Emergance-silent.png

if you have splash=verbose, you will see this:
http://www.bootsplash.de/files/themes/screenshots/Theme-Emergance-verbose-top.png

The instructions have a place to change the grub line right after step 3 which was pointed out by Frogd earlier.

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

"You want verbose splash so you want to see the boot process messages right?"

Correct.

"If you are using the latest version of splashutils, verbose is chosen by default, therefore to get the silent boot image, you must have splash=silent in the grub line."

Ok...so I can just leave out the 'splash=" section. I think the same holds true for the 'theme=' setting. If it's not there, it defaults to 'default' which is symlinked to my actual theme.

EDIT:

Got things working. Took the shotgun approach and re-did everything. Also notifed that my grub initrd was 1280x1024. Set it all up for 1024 mode and just gave up trying to get the gensplash working @ 1280.

I'm happy with it for now.