On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 17:33, Luis M wrote: > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:27:15 +0200, website <website_debian@tiscali.it> wrote: > <snip> > > Yes, but not everybody doesn't use initrd images. I'm working to add an > > fbsplash support on debian in a easy way: one of its goals is to run fbspash > > with a standard kernel. > > fbsplash is incompatible with initrd image but it need an initramfs image to > > work (it is done by splashutils). Fbsplash works fine in my pc with this > > experimental kernel (it uses the standard debian config with scsi, ata and > > sata compiled ad built in), this kernel is for mass use and doesn't need an > > initrd image. > > Yeah, I found out after I restarted that CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD must be > set to "y" for the initrd ramfs stuff to work. You should mention that > in the howto online. Ill will add that, bare in mind when i wrote that guide it was mostly for my own use > > In any case, I already compiled a 2.6.8.1 kernel taking the sources > from kernel.org and patched it using the fbsplash-0.9-r6-2.6.8.1.patch > from the Gentoo page. It works perfectly fine. I have not venture into > getting the progressbar to work, but i had done this before for > bootsplash. So, it should be easy. > > Also, to keep things consistent, as I mentioned before, I have done > gdm-themes and a grub background image and put all that under: > > http://www.latinomixed.com/downloads/debian-embelisher > > I have already tested the kernel, themes and others in a few Debian > boxes (home, work, etc...) and everything works perfectly fine. > > My next step will be to try to automate the process with a sh or Perl > script since this is a daunting task to undertake for e/a machine I > use :-) I will put the script in that same directory once I'm done > (perhaps call it install.pl and ask interactively what to do to the > user). e.g.: > "Do you want to install the Debian Packages from 'deb' ? [y/N] " > " Do you want to patch your /boot/grub/menu.lst file and add the > necessary lines to enable fbsplash? [y/N] " > etc... > > > NOTE: the full debian-embelisher directory compressed takes a whopping > 20MB. If anybody wants to mirror this somewhere, please let me know > since I have a .tar.bz2 with everything in one package; and I don't > have the bandwith to host this for lots of people, thouch I could > potentially setup a torrent server and give people that link instead. > In any case, this is just a temporary thing until the debian packages > for this start showing up in debian mentor's related pages or > somewhere else (marillat's? DDD?) > > -- > ----)(----- > Luis M > System Administrator > LatinoMixed.com > > "We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and > you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on" -- > Steve Jobs in an interview for MacWorld Magazine 2004-Feb > > No .doc: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.es.html So should i scrap my port of fbsplash then seen as everyone wants fbsplash to work with the debian precompiled kernels?? -- *---------------------------------------------------------* | Glyn Tebbutt | d3c3it-linux@ntlworld.com | |--------------' http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d3c3it | | gpg-key: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d3c3it/d3c3it.gpg | | Lisa, if you dont like your job you dont strike, | | just go in everyday and do it really half-assed | | Thats the American way. -Homer Simpson | *---------------------------------------------------------*
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