Re: [proaudio] bootsplash

[Thomas Kuther <gimpel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:47:45 +0200
Dominique Michel <dominique.michel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have a few question about the bootsplash in the overlay's kernel.
> 
> Is it necessary to install the gentoo bootsplash package? It doesn't
> have the same kernel patch as the one in the overlay.
> 
> With the kernel patch in the overlay, is it necessary to use an
> initrd as with the bootsplash package? If yes, can I use an initrd
> from the bootsplash package?
> 
> Cheers,
> Dominique
> 

(OT: back from the dead he is \o/ ... 42h/week work sucks!)

It's fbsplash aka gensplash, not bootsplash - that's a big difference.
So you need the splashutils package in order to create an initrd and
use fbsplash. See gentoo-wiki on how to do it.
The patch in the overlay is the same as the one available in
gentoo-sources, just a bit fixed up for -rt.

cheers
Tom

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