topic title: antix fbsplash theme
Posts: 319
impuwat
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#16
Ice-wm: Nice find on the F2 problem. Basically it says we can't go back to simple with F2 without a kernel modification.

Also the splash error message can be avoided by removing usplash before installing fbsplash....also nice to know. I did that just because I didn't see the need of having two splash packages. Got lucky there I guess.
also could you please post the grub menu as well? thanks!
Did you mean the grub menu graphics to complement this fbsplash theme? I'm not done with it yet but will post as soon as I am. Hope to work on it for a little bit tonight. For some reason I struggle more with the grub splash than anything. It seems to be tricky business. You have to make it at 800x600 but it gets stretched for the screen. so everything you do on the actual graphic gets subtly changed. But I'm on it! At the latest I will try to finish it on my"weekend"...Tuesday-Thursday.
Posts: 128
Hannes Worst
Joined: 31 Jan 2009
#17
About the initrd-thing. You can also use the command splash_geninitramfs as root in a terminal. It is a tool that comes with the splashutils-package to create a initrd.img. Choose 'splash_geninitramfs --help' to see the options. I gave the command 'splash_geninitramfs -g/boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp --all' and that resulted also in a usable initrd.img.

If this isn't working for you, you can use the command update-initramfs -u -t. This overrides a customized initramfs and creates a new one.

Good luck, you all. We have made already a lot of progress, it seems!
Posts: 128
Hannes Worst
Joined: 31 Jan 2009
#18
About the verbose screen, the fbsplash site states the following:

Why can't I use the F2 key to switch back to the splash screen?

To be able to use the F2 key to switch to the splash screen you need the kernel evdev (Event Device) module (switching from the splash screen to the first console should work regardless of whether you use this module or not). To make sure the event device is enabled, build your kernel with CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y. Building evdev as a module might or might not work, depending on how your Linux distribution handles the loading of kernel modules.

I have looked into the /boot/config-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp and found the line CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m. Maybe that's why the verbose screen isn't working in Antix.

Hans
Posts: 319
impuwat
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#19
Here is a grub screen you may like. Very simple and clean...no extra text other than antiX. Works well and easy to read.




You can download at:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mmzuxyaelmo"
linktext was:"http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mmzuxyaelmo"
====================================


Rename your old"message" in case you want it in the future. Extract new"message" into /boot/grub. Or you can just save this image and follow the instructions for creating your own new message at:

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Cpio"
linktext was:"http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Cpio"
====================================
Last edited by impuwat on 24 Feb 2009, 07:21, edited 2 times in total.
Posts: 1,520
eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#20
Nice grub message, works great.

As for toggling F2, it works fine here with a sidux kernel. Straight verbose fails to a standard rolling boot screen as reported earlier.
Posts: 128
Hannes Worst
Joined: 31 Jan 2009
#21
Jerry,

Your Grub-screen and your splashscreen are looking great together. Nice work indeed!
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,956
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#22
Great work impuwat and Hannes Worst.
I've been away so haven't had time to try it out, but it looks wonderful.
Posts: 319
impuwat
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#23
Thanks for the vote of confidence from everyone but I was a little horrified when I saw the grub screen a little later in the day. I finished it with lots of sunlight and other ambient light in the room and on an old screen. Too many stray pixels and ugly spots. I adjusted it and in the process changed the highlight/flare to a blue color. I edited the above post with those changes. Artistic license....the ability to take the eraser and cover up your mistakes. __{{emoticon}}__
Posts: 609
dark-D
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
#24
yes impuwat, i was asking for the grub background graphics. thanks. looks good. i removed the stars to look like the splash screen, hope u don't mind.
Posts: 319
impuwat
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#25
Knock yourself out. I almost didn't put the stars in there but felt it might need something else. A few minutes with the"clone" tool and they can be all gone.

I'm about half way through another completely different design that some might like. It has a lot of color, so it will be interesting to see how it works out.
Posts: 2
Stian1979
Joined: 26 Jul 2009
#26
I have ben working on making a fbsplash aware kernel, but it did not have a initrd after install so I'm trying to build it again.
I have foloved some howtoo on lazydebian, but on spock's dev site there is mentioned something about:

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   1. cd /usr/src/linux
   2. configure the kernel; in the"Device Drivers" section select:
      Connector - unified userspace <-> kernelspace linker and
      Graphics support ---> Support for frame buffer devices ---> Userspace VESA VGA graphics support
      (that's CONFIG_CONNECTOR=y and CONFIG_FB_UVESA=y)
   3. build the kernel: make
   4. remerge klibc: emerge klibc
      note: This step is necessary because klibc has to be compiled against a kernel tree that includes uvesafb. You only need to do this once, i.e. you won't have to remerge klibc every time you install a new kernel or a new kernel module.
   5. install v86d: emerge v86d
   6. reconfigure your kernel; in the"General Setup" section select:
      Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support
      and use /usr/share/v86d/initramfs in Initramfs source file(s).
      (that's CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="/usr/share/v86d/initramfs")
   7. rebuild the kernel: make, and install it
   8. add video=uvesafb:1024x768-32,mtrr:3,ywrap (or similar) to your kernel command line
   9. reboot and enjoy uvesafb :)
Is all this steps necesery or is it just for gentoo?
I did not see lazydebian mention anything about the ram disk.
Posts: 253
mariel77
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
#27
The new splash theme is really beautiful! Thanks to all of you who worked on it!
Posts: 2
Stian1979
Joined: 26 Jul 2009
#28
I got fbsplash up and running.
Kind off.
But it flash a few timed during boot, but that might be my hardware I don't know.
I was expecting grapics right away, but I still have too look at the kernel mesages befour boot and splash start.

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Posts: 27
benji
Joined: 10 Nov 2008
#29
Great splash theme, thanks!

But one question came up:
I removed usplash (never worked), and installed fbsplash, all fine, but in verbose mode it signs the successfull start of modules with"...done"
I prefer the other way:"[ok]"s on the right side of the screen. Is there a way to get it back?
Thank you in advance.