Re: Re: Re: can we find a Debian solution for Bootsplash?

[Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net>]

Luis Matos wrote:

> is this small program testable? how ... i would like to test it .
> 
> I think it is a good idea ... but ... where to put it, since it cannot 
> fit in initrd?
> 
> Loading him at boot?
> 

You need the fbgb installed together with the three png graphics and a
monospace 12 "font.ttf" (Tahoma, Arial, ...). Then just write a script
like that to test it:
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#!/bin/sh

# create communication fifo at /tmp/fbgb.fifo
./image-display /tmp/fbgb.fifo &

sleep 1
echo "0 Init..." > /tmp/fbgb.fifo
sleep 1
echo "10 Setting hostname" > /tmp/fbgb.fifo
sleep 1
echo "20 Setting up network" > /tmp/fbgb.fifo
sleep 1
echo "90 Almost ready" > /tmp/fbgb.fifo
sleep 1
echo "100 Ready" > /tmp/fbgb.fifo
sleep 1
# terminate fbgb
echo "101" > /tmp/fbgb.fifo
sleep 1
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I've not yet tested it in the boot process. But it's so simple, that it
has to work.

Bye,
  Toby