On Sunday 17 April 2005 03:54, Chad wrote:
> On 4/17/05, Fredrik Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm using a PVR-350 on a gentoo box connected only to my TV. I'm
> > getting tired of first having nothing on the screen, followed by a
> > garbled image when X starts up on the framebuffer and then, finally,
> > the mythtv frontend when everything is loaded.
> >
> > Is there any way of using the framebuffer device + bootsplash on the
> > TV out during boot ?
> > It would have a great WOW-factor.. I found a mythtv bootsplash theme
> > somewhere a while ago that I would not mind using for this.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Maybe using an initrd image, you could pre-load the ivtv and necessary
> modules, and that way have the card be initialized and working
> pre-startup, to get to the splash.
>
> Not sure if it'd work, but that's the path I'd start down...

Yes, it'll work. I've been there, done that. :-)

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