On 8/22/05, John Dangler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok - I went back through the wiki article on using gensplash with genkernel. > I used - genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all > (I usually --udev on the end, but every time I get told that -udev is > deprecated since it is the default behavior) > At the end of the process, I checked /var/log/genkernel.log . The last > lines there look like this - > >> Installing gensplash [ using the livecd-2005.1 theme ]. > Merging > initramfs-base-layout.cpio.gz > initramfs-aux.cpio.gz > initramfs-busybox-1.00-rt-mdstart.plasmaroo.cpio.gz > initramfs-insmod-0.9.15-pre4.cpio.gz > initramfs-udev-054.cpio.gz > initramfs-modules-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz > initramfs-splash-2.6.12-gentoo-r9.cpio.gz > Gentoo Linux Genkernel: Version 3.3.5 > Running with options ; genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all > > ERROR: Could not copy the initramfs to /boot > > (yes, /boot is mounted) > > Then, I look at the long list in /boot . (ls -l) > > I compiled this today 8/21/05) at around 9pm (2100) > > 1603780 Aug 21 21:07 kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 > 10928128 Aug 21 21:20 initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 > > I set up an additional grub entry for the splash options on the kernel line, > and rebooted to see what the effect was. > After the initial information at bootup, all I got was a black screen [This > is on a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. I may have the wrong settings > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), so if anyone knows how to correctly identify this I'd > appreciate it]. I had to power off and on again to get video returned. > I then tried the default r9 kernel boot without the splash - KERNEL PANIC . > vfs out of sync. > > I rebooted into the old (r6 kernel), and re-ran 'genkernel --menuconfig > --udev all' (no splash) to rebuild the r9 kernel, rebooted to the r9 kernel, > and all is well. > > Anyone offering any assistance with this, please do. I've gotten everything > in the base system running well except this issue, and I'm about to throw in > the towel on splash. > > John D > Hi,
you can identify the modes your graphic board supports by doing "cat /proc/fb0/modes" (the frambuffer module has to be loaded for this to work). The 2005.1 Theme needs a mode higher than 8bpp to work. For me this setting works: video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,pmipal,[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=silent,fadein,theme:livecd-2005.1 HTH, Matze -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
