That is surely cleaner, but with this package, it seems you don't have the possibility to put a picture in the background of your consoles tty1-6, contrary to what you can do with bootsplash :(
On 9/19/05, Rafael Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > apt-get install -t experimental splashy > > El Jueves, 15 de Septiembre de 2005 15:00, Andrei Mikhailovsky escribió: > > Hello debian users, > > > > I am wondering if anyone managed to get graphical bootsplash to work > > with amd64. > > > > I've followed the howto, but the compilation of bootsplash package gives > > me the following error: > > > > > > gcc -Os -Wall -I/usr/include/freetype2 -c -o mng.o mng.c > > mng.c: In function 'copyline': > > mng.c:231: error: invalid lvalue in increment > > mng.c:282: error: invalid lvalue in increment > > make[1]: *** [mng.o] Error 1 > > make[1]: Leaving directory > > `/usr/local/src/bootsplash/bootsplash-3.1/Utilities' > > make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 > > debuild: fatal error at line 765: > > > > > > The rest of the packages seems to compile and install fine, including > > kernel patches and sysv scripts. > > > > I've also read that there is splashy package for debian that takes care > > of the graphical boot process. There is an experimental version for > > debian i386 and some other platforms. However, i couldn't find splashy > > for amd64. Has anyone played with it on amd64. > > > > Many thanks for all the help > > > > Andrei > >