Brian Nelson wrote: > "David R. Litwin" <presently42@gmail.com> writes: > > Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is > > dual-boot and the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: > > Shutting Down every Evening. But the other user will never see bootsplash. You booting linux will see it. But the other user booting MS-Windows will never see it. > > In addition, I shall be getting a lap-top soon. (By the bye, why doesn't > > Debian have Bootsplash as a standard?) You might wan to review Bug#190560 in the BTS. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=190560 It looks to be stagnating is all. Blowing a little on the embers may bring the fire to life. > > I have skimmed through a HOWTO or three. However, they aren't > > quite answering my questions. So, allow me to elaborate, if you > > will. If this was not in the ones you read then start again with this document: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html > I find it easiest to just grab the vanilla sources straight from > kernel.org. The Debian ones tend to be crippled and patched, which > makes it a pain to apply new patches. I always find it easier to use the Debian stock kernels. They have all of the toys preconfigured and patches can be easily applied. (Just to make a counter case because I think using both Debian patched kernel source an using upstream kernel.org source are valid. But I don't think the Debian source is crippled in any way. If you think it is then please file a bug in the BTS about it.) I am not running bootsplash myself so I will hold myself back from going into a description of how I would do it using the Debian kernel source. Besides as I said, I think using either one is quite valid. Bob
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