Bug#400097: missing /dev/fb0 makes usplash fail

[Ronny Aasen <ronny@skolelinux.no>]

Package:usplash
Version: 0.3e
Usertags: debian-edu@lists.debian.org


usplash fail at boot with the error 

bogl_init failed: /dev/fb0 no such file or directory

I am not sure what should be responsible for creating that device at boottime, but this worked for me. 

adding a line saying 
"mknod /dev/fb0 c 29 0"
just above  the line saying 
"/sbin/usplash -c &"
in the file /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-top/usplash 

and deleting and recreating the initrd file with eg:
dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-$(uname -r)
makes usplash work as expected. 

Ronny Aasen