[Cooker] new bootsplash and mandrake_theme and help wanted
Now mandrake_desk require mandrake_theme. packages providing mandrake_theme contains: . dektop background (/usr/share/backgrounds) . bootsplash images and config . lilo message image mandrake_theme require bootsplash package. bootsplash package only provides bootsplash utils to create and manage bootsplash. Look at mandrake_theme package and spec file for details. -=-= Now where help would be appreciated. I integrate the 800x600 and 1024x768 but could not test and setup the higher resolution, if one can, it is quite easy just a bit long. Look at the 800x600 config file in /etc/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/bootsplash-800x600.cfg and try to reproduce the same look with higher resolution. to test your modification use the following command: splash -s -u 0 /etc/bootsplash/themes/Mandrake/config/bootsplash-.cfg Thanks! -- Warly
Re: [Cooker] New Bootsplash
Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are we allowed to send a non-translated product in France? I s/send/sell/. Neurons are going crazy when run at external temp. of 38.5 degrees I guess. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] New Bootsplash
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Warly wrote: | Frank Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | |>I like the look of the new bootsplash, but there's a slight glitch. If |>you use a SCSI disk driver which takes a while to initialize (both |>aic7xxx and aic79xx fall into this category, taking 15-30 seconds), |>you're left looking at a blank bootsplash with what looks like an |>empty textfield at the bottom right of the screen. |> |>At the least, there ought to be a "loading driver xx, please wait" |>message somewhere so that the user doesn't think the boot is hung. |> |>With the old one, at least you had the Mandrake logo and the textarea. |>The new one just looks incompletely drawn, contributing to the |>appearance of a hang. Of course, the proposed message would have been |>an improvement to the old one too. | | | Yes, I think that I will likely add one static image for the very | first part of the boot with some message in the image such as | "Booting, please wait" and switch to the translated version whenever | the / is available. | | Maybe hack the initrd to send some progress bar update during kernel | boot? | | Or more wisely hack the bootsplash kernel code to add some progress | bar update during the kernel boot? In that case I would suggest using an image talking by iself without the need of printed text in it. Tha will avoid the annoying english default. - -- ~ Léa Gris - http://www.noiraude.net/ () Campagne du ruban texte brut contre les courriels en HTML, /\ contre les pièces jointes dans un format propriétaire. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/L9QViNTO/wgn58kRAmjwAJ91qKP4/shQnpC9vUMEiBLXdnyBPACfT/Ol dkrIDBohGwfBKR6Mle6mwSQ= =B3yM -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Cooker] New Bootsplash
On Tue 05 Aug 2003 11:36, Benjamin Pflugmann posted as excerpted below: > On Tue 2003-08-05 at 19:22:22 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Are we allowed to send a non-translated product in France? I > > > > s/send/sell/. > > > > Neurons are going crazy when run at external temp. of 38.5 > > degrees I guess. > > Yeah, whenever it gets that hot, my thinking tends to grind to a halt > and wonder if I have a bit of troll blood[1] running in my veins. ;-) Never move to Phoenix, Arizona, USA, then. Summer highs here normally run 45 degrees C, with 50 C the record high, set several years ago. Even the lows are not unusually 34 C. As Phoenixians say, "But it's a DRY heat." As others say, "Yes, but so is the surface of the sun!" As *I* say, "Phoenix, the city that Air Conditioning built!" .. A "mere" 38 degrees? That's "unseasonably cool!" A good day for outside work! Seriously, on days below about 30 degrees here in the summer, which do happen occasionally, some folks are getting out the sweaters! -- Duncan - List replies preferred. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
Re: [Cooker] New Bootsplash
On Tue 2003-08-05 at 19:22:22 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Are we allowed to send a non-translated product in France? I > > s/send/sell/. > > Neurons are going crazy when run at external temp. of 38.5 > degrees I guess. Yeah, whenever it gets that hot, my thinking tends to grind to a halt and wonder if I have a bit of troll blood[1] running in my veins. ;-) Bye, Benjamin. [1] referring to Terry Pratchett, Discworld Series
Re: [Cooker] New Bootsplash
Warly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, I think that I will likely add one static image for the very > first part of the boot with some message in the image such as > "Booting, please wait" and switch to the translated version whenever > the / is available. Are we allowed to send a non-translated product in France? I think not.. > Maybe hack the initrd to send some progress bar update during kernel > boot? This can be easily done I think. Just tell me how to send information :). > Or more wisely hack the bootsplash kernel code to add some progress > bar update during the kernel boot? That's different from initrd I suppose, and that could be nice as well. But kernel boot is "fast" compared to inserting SCSI modules, in general. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
Re: [Cooker] New Bootsplash
Frank Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I like the look of the new bootsplash, but there's a slight glitch. If > you use a SCSI disk driver which takes a while to initialize (both > aic7xxx and aic79xx fall into this category, taking 15-30 seconds), > you're left looking at a blank bootsplash with what looks like an > empty textfield at the bottom right of the screen. > > At the least, there ought to be a "loading driver xx, please wait" > message somewhere so that the user doesn't think the boot is hung. > > With the old one, at least you had the Mandrake logo and the textarea. > The new one just looks incompletely drawn, contributing to the > appearance of a hang. Of course, the proposed message would have been > an improvement to the old one too. Yes, I think that I will likely add one static image for the very first part of the boot with some message in the image such as "Booting, please wait" and switch to the translated version whenever the / is available. Maybe hack the initrd to send some progress bar update during kernel boot? Or more wisely hack the bootsplash kernel code to add some progress bar update during the kernel boot? Ah! I don't know. -- Warly
Re: [Cooker] New Bootsplash
Warly wrote: Yes, I think that I will likely add one static image for the very first part of the boot with some message in the image such as "Booting, please wait" and switch to the translated version whenever the / is available. I'd also vote for retaining the progress bar even after F2 is pressed. Also, the verbose display reacts to keystrokes by producing garbage (e.g. ]]A]]B) in the display even though (one hopes) the keystrokes will never take effect.
[Cooker] New Bootsplash
I like the look of the new bootsplash, but there's a slight glitch. If you use a SCSI disk driver which takes a while to initialize (both aic7xxx and aic79xx fall into this category, taking 15-30 seconds), you're left looking at a blank bootsplash with what looks like an empty textfield at the bottom right of the screen. At the least, there ought to be a "loading driver xx, please wait" message somewhere so that the user doesn't think the boot is hung. With the old one, at least you had the Mandrake logo and the textarea. The new one just looks incompletely drawn, contributing to the appearance of a hang. Of course, the proposed message would have been an improvement to the old one too.
[Cooker] new bootsplash - console not switched during shutdown in GUI and others
when I do reboot out of GUI, screen is switched to vt1 but output goes to vt7 (where X is running) so nothing is visible. This is both without bootsplash under 2.6 and with bootsplash under 2.4 also during boot under 2.6 I see error "/proc/splash does not exist". You can't assume splash is available or even compiled in kernel. This is somewhere between rc.sysinit and before rc starts normal scripts.
Re: [Cooker] New bootsplash
Warly wrote: First version uploaded, impacted packages are bootsplash, initscripts and libmng. Add splash=silent in you kernel command line to activate the quiet progress bar mode. Basic info at: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/BootSplashHowTo Thanks. Unfortunately, I could not install it again. I used mkinitrd, lilo, but no go : I have the frame buffer, but messages are like in text mode. Can you be more precise on how to activate it please ? I don't know if the problem is when I recreate mkinitrd or in my lilo.conf file. Any help appreciated. Eric
Re: [Cooker] New bootsplash
> > First version uploaded, impacted packages are bootsplash, initscripts > and libmng. > > Add splash=silent in you kernel command line to activate the > quiet progress bar mode. > > Basic info at: > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/BootSplashHowTo > > -- > Warly thank you, thank you, thank you :) I'll have to check it out...
[Cooker] New bootsplash
First version uploaded, impacted packages are bootsplash, initscripts and libmng. Add splash=silent in you kernel command line to activate the quiet progress bar mode. Basic info at: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/BootSplashHowTo -- Warly
