syslinux splash screen?
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 09:55:38AM +0100, Michael Creel wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Michael Creel <michael.creel at uab.es> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Justin Pryzby <
> > justinpryzby at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 02:59:14PM +0100, Michael Creel wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I am unable to figure out how to activate a customized syslinux splash
> > > > screen. With live-helper-1.0-a37 I could get one by copying my image
> > > into
> > > > config/binary_syslinux/splash.rle and using the lh_config switch
> > > > --syslinux-splash 'config/binary_syslinux/splash.rle'
> > > > With newer versions of live-helper this doesn't work, I don't get any
> > > > splash, not even the default.
> > >
> > >
> > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-live-devel/2007-December/002954.html
> > >
> > > That's the new syslinux splash mode that uses pngs. The menu AFAICT is
> > > a separate/independant thing. I think either that thread continues, or
> > > there's another one with some more discussions which I can't find ATM.
> > >
> > > Thanks, I'll try it. Do you know if the png has to be of a certain size,
> > or satisfy any other requirements?
> > M.
> >
>
> I have tried this without success. The splash.png I used was 640x400,
> indexed with 14 colors. I used the lh_config switch --syslinux-splash
> "path/splash.png"
>
> I find that if I mount the generated ISO image, the file /isolinux/boot.txt
> contains what appears to me to be an unexpanded variable: {$SPLASH}. Is
> $SPLASH passed in as a variable at boot time somehow, or is this an error?
I don't know. What version d-l (png support is only in recent
d-l/syslinux)?
Did you look for errors? Use my grep |sed expr if it'll help.
Justin
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