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Bestusernameever · posted: 2013-02-09 01:54

Can there be an option for a stastic image or a way for it to be the boot up instead of all the code because I am not really a developer or anything so to me it is just annoying and pointless. I don't mean like windows with a live animating loading bar and all that but something like this pic.(First time using gimp) This could be an option in the antix control panel or installation.

BitJam · posted: 2013-02-09 02:36

We thought about doing that but it makes it harder to debug problems when something goes wrong on a user's machine. Also, we would have to supply images for various screen resolutions. This takes up valuable space which conflicts with our"lean and mean" philosophy.

I believe we configure the kernel to keep that option open for users to do on their own (although I haven't checked this recently). You can see if the kernel you are using has this option available with the command:

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$ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep DECOR

You want it to show:

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CONFIG_FB_CON_DECOR=y

It's quite possible that this option is no longer available on the newer kernels because it requires a patch to the kernel source.

Here is a recent
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that says fbcondecor was gone but is now back with kernel 3.7.3.

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is another way of doing it.

Bestusernameever · posted: 2013-02-09 02:43

I know but if there is an error than there could be shortcuts like f7 for normal text start up and something like start up options in anticc letting you choose the image

BitJam · posted: 2013-02-09 03:16

That won't help them if the problem is with the F7 key. __{{emoticon}}__

Also, that doesn't solve the space problem. We have to be very stingy in order to keep antiX working on machines with very little RAM. We also want antiX to work on little netbooks with funny screen sizes.

Did you try the zcat and grep command I suggested? If the FB_CON_DECOR option is enabled in your kernel then it would be possible to get a background boot image working on your machine. Isn't this what you want? Or are you more interested that we change the policy?

I'm a big fan of console background images. The system I'm running now has a different background image for each virtual console. I even have a different background image for each virtual desktop in X. But I can't justify adding console background images to the stock antiX distribution. OTOH I think it would be possible for the gamer version (if kidx is still interested in basing that on antiX). Even then it is not going to work on every system.

Bestusernameever

The thing is other than installing and purging apps the terminal has never been my friend. I could never get any tarball file to work. My wifi adapter wouldn't work in a similar distro tried using terminal and the desktop would no longer show up(how????) and almost every online thing for something other than installing apps has failed me so i don't like using it much.

BitJam · posted: 2013-02-10 04:28

Ah. I see why you would prefer a turn-key solution right out of the box rather than a procedure that takes a lot of work at the command line.

I just checked the 3.6.11 kernel in antiX-13-beta1 and it doesn't have the FB_CON_DECOR feature available.

Bestusernameever · posted: 2013-02-13 02:21

Speaking of which how do you upgrade antix 12.5 to 13 beta without losing all your files?

nadir · posted: 2013-02-13 09:53

You want to see the boot messages, but you don't know it yet.
They might look meaningless now.
If, and only if, you have seen them for a while and regulary, they will make sense.

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might be worth a read.
If you only look at it if there is trouble the output will be meaningless to you in case you got trouble.

Also:
The terminal is your friend, and a very good one, if you want it too.

btw:
If you are"not a developer or anything"
you will never be able to change such things yourself, but you will simply have to live with what others do for you.
Gnu/Linux is made in a way that _you_ can change it to _your_ liking.

rokytnji · posted: 2013-02-13 13:50

Bestusernameever wrote:Speaking of which how do you upgrade antix 12.5 to 13 beta without losing all your files?

Did you do your 12.5 install as a separate / and /home partition or did you just install Antix with /home installed inside the / partition?

If you installed Antix with /home installed inside the / partition, if me. I would put anything I want to keep in the cloud storage or a usb stick
and do a complete reinstall.

In the installer. There is a option to keep /home intact with a check-box. But you need to have a separate /home partition I think to use
that option like I do. I might be mistaken though. I have always just backed up full installs with /home in / to a outside drive.

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# blkid
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/dev/sda6: LABEL="/" UUID="36c9c5bd-8611-475c-91ed-b13b8ecfe729" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda7: LABEL="/home" UUID="55421c6b-4f54-41a2-979e-82ca2b7f2b1f" UUID_SUB="4a16b4e6-1f25-4024-9ebc-a6ff6b28c584" TYPE="btrfs"

Bestusernameever · posted: 2013-03-02 01:23

this might be a way to add a splash image haven't tried yet

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