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Terje J. Hanssen

16 Feb 2006 16 Feb '06

21:44

I've had some trouble installing 10.1b2 properly as explained in other posts. At a couple of instances however, a remarkable Boot Splas image has appeared on the screen: it looked like a Christmas card with a jumping Santa Claus on top or jumping over it. I would say it reminds me about "a hack", but it might be something from previous development as well. I thought this happened booting CD#1, but I'm not sure and it might possibly have appeared on the first hard disk boot after installing CD#1. I tried now to boot CD#1 a couple of times, but only the normal Suse blue boot splash appeared (as it should). This has however awaked my interest to look after, and I wonder if someone can guide me exactly: Where is the boot splash images located on CD and harddisk and which script or command line loads the boot splash image(s)? Rgds, Terje J. Hanssen

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Andreas Jaeger

17 Feb 17 Feb

08:57

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"Terje J. Hanssen" writes:

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I've had some trouble installing 10.1b2 properly as explained in other posts. At a couple of instances however, a remarkable Boot Splas image has appeared on the screen: it looked like a Christmas card with a jumping Santa Claus on top or jumping over it. I would say it reminds me about "a hack", but it might be something from previous development as well.

That was our Christmas present for last year. You get it when booting From CD1 randomly, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

houghi

10:01

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:57:30AM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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That was our Christmas present for last year. You get it when booting From CD1 randomly,

Just curious: how random? Once every how many times? houghi -- Nutze die zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Wert und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das tun. Johannes Müller-Elmau

David Wright

10:18

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Am Freitag, 17. Februar 2006 11:01 schrieb houghi:

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:57:30AM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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That was our Christmas present for last year. You get it when booting From CD1 randomly,

Just curious: how random? Once every how many times?

houghi

If it is random, it won't appear once every x boots, it could happen 5 times in a row, or it might never happen on your PC... I saw it with 10.0, once, and I've installed a several machines... Dave

houghi

10:38

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:18:41AM +0100, David Wright wrote:

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Am Freitag, 17. Februar 2006 11:01 schrieb houghi:

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:57:30AM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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That was our Christmas present for last year. You get it when booting From CD1 randomly,

Just curious: how random? Once every how many times?

houghi

If it is random, it won't appear once every x boots, it could happen 5 times in a row, or it might never happen on your PC...

I saw it with 10.0, once, and I've installed a several machines...

I understand the meaning of random. Yet randomness can be influenced: e.g. when trowing a dice the change of you trowing a 2 is 1/6th. With a coin, randomness is 1/2. So what are the odds of getting it? houghi -- Nutze die zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Wert und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das tun. Johannes Müller-Elmau

Andreas Jaeger

11:03

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houghi writes:

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I understand the meaning of random. Yet randomness can be influenced: e.g. when trowing a dice the change of you trowing a 2 is 1/6th. With a coin, randomness is 1/2. So what are the odds of getting it?

On Christmas itself: 100 %, other time of the year: 10 % AFAIR - I don't remember the actual numbers... Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

Steffen Winterfeldt

13:20

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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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houghi writes:

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I understand the meaning of random. Yet randomness can be influenced: e.g. when trowing a dice the change of you trowing a 2 is 1/6th. With a coin, randomness is 1/2. So what are the odds of getting it?

On Christmas itself: 100 %, other time of the year: 10 % AFAIR - I don't remember the actual numbers...

1:15 on weekdays, 1:3 on weekends. Steffen

Marcel Hilzinger

15:20

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Am Freitag, 17. Februar 2006 14:20 schrieb Steffen Winterfeldt:

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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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houghi writes:

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I understand the meaning of random. Yet randomness can be influenced: e.g. when trowing a dice the change of you trowing a 2 is 1/6th. With a coin, randomness is 1/2. So what are the odds of getting it?

On Christmas itself: 100 %, other time of the year: 10 % AFAIR - I don't remember the actual numbers...

With beta3 I have it each time I boot from CD. Should I file a bug report? ;-) -- Üdvözlettel -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Marcel Hilzinger

houghi

16:05

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:20:21PM +0100, Marcel Hilzinger wrote:

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Am Freitag, 17. Februar 2006 14:20 schrieb Steffen Winterfeldt:

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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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houghi writes:

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I understand the meaning of random. Yet randomness can be influenced: e.g. when trowing a dice the change of you trowing a 2 is 1/6th. With a coin, randomness is 1/2. So what are the odds of getting it?

On Christmas itself: 100 %, other time of the year: 10 % AFAIR - I don't remember the actual numbers...

With beta3 I have it each time I boot from CD. Should I file a bug report? ;-)

No. It is random, that means that each time you boot, the changes are the same again. This means that you could reboot 10.000 times and get it each time. That or you are actually Santa Clause. Then it is christmas every day for you. ;-) houghi -- Nutze die zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Wert und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das tun. Johannes Müller-Elmau

Edward Dunagin

16:32

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hello houghi, On 2/17/06, houghi wrote:

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:20:21PM +0100, Marcel Hilzinger wrote:

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Am Freitag, 17. Februar 2006 14:20 schrieb Steffen Winterfeldt:

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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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houghi writes:

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I understand the meaning of random. Yet randomness can be influenced: e.g. when trowing a dice the change of you trowing a 2 is 1/6th. With a coin, randomness is 1/2. So what are the odds of getting it?

On Christmas itself: 100 %, other time of the year: 10 % AFAIR - I don't remember the actual numbers...

With beta3 I have it each time I boot from CD. Should I file a bug report? ;-)

No. It is random, that means that each time you boot, the changes are the same again. This means that you could reboot 10.000 times and get it each time.

That or you are actually Santa Clause. Then it is christmas every day for you. ;-)

houghi

-- Nutze die zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Wert und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das tun. Johannes Müller-Elmau

gee i sure miss your sayings in english. my german is not so hot anymore. Peace....................ed

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-- Edward Dunagin 4646 Glenwood Drive Bozeman, MT 59718 mobile 406-570-0992

houghi

18:07

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:32:43AM -0700, Edward Dunagin wrote:

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Nutze die zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Wert und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das tun. Johannes Müller-Elmau

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gee i sure miss your sayings in english. my german is not so hot anymore.

Use the time. It is the most valuable we have, because it is irreplacable life time. Life, however, is more then value and work and to be is more important then to do. The signatures I previously used are available on your machine. Install fortune. If you often use a terminal, edit your .profile file. look at the end. I used `fortune -so` houghi -- Nutze die zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Wert und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das tun. Johannes Müller-Elmau

Marcus Meissner

10:55

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:18:41AM +0100, David Wright wrote:

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Am Freitag, 17. Februar 2006 11:01 schrieb houghi:

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:57:30AM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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That was our Christmas present for last year. You get it when booting From CD1 randomly,

Just curious: how random? Once every how many times?

houghi

If it is random, it won't appear once every x boots, it could happen 5 times in a row, or it might never happen on your PC...

I saw it with 10.0, once, and I've installed a several machines...

There is a script control code for this easter egg, which takes into account the current day. So it happened more often during the last Christmas season. Alternatively you can press CAPS LOCK on booting the CD/DVD. And yes, the source of this is in one of the published SRPMs. Ciao, Marcus

houghi

11:16

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:55:35AM +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote:

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Alternatively you can press CAPS LOCK on booting the CD/DVD.

And what does that do? Does it enable or disable it? houghi -- Nutze die zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Wert und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das tun. Johannes Müller-Elmau

Azerion

11:28

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Op vrijdag 17 februari 2006 12:16, schreef houghi:

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:55:35AM +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote:

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Alternatively you can press CAPS LOCK on booting the CD/DVD.

And what does that do? Does it enable or disable it?

houghi

[quote houghi in another topic]You are a user. Worst case scenario: Bug is closed because they do not think it is a bug. As long as you do not swamp them with non-bugs, I would think it will actually help. An other explanation could be: fine, you are the messanger, please deliver the message in the correct place.[/quote] While you are bashing newbie mailinlist-posters please stop asking silly questions youreself. Topic closed? TnQ.

Andreas Jaeger

11:53

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houghi writes:

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:55:35AM +0100, Marcus Meissner wrote:

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Alternatively you can press CAPS LOCK on booting the CD/DVD.

And what does that do? Does it enable or disable it?

Try it while booting from CD1 ;-). Andreas P.S. If you press it at the right time, you have a chance of 100% to see the easter egg. -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

Michael Schroeder

12:04

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 12:53:50PM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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P.S. If you press it at the right time, you have a chance of 100% to see the easter egg.

Shouldn't that be "christmas egg"? Cheers, Michael. -- Michael Schroeder mls@suse.de main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);}

Christoph Thiel

15:32

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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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P.S. If you press it at the right time, you have a chance of 100% to see the easter egg.

Steffen, I guess it's time to change the hot key to something new, now that it's disclosed ;) Regards Christoph

houghi

16:06

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On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:32:30PM +0100, Christoph Thiel wrote:

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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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P.S. If you press it at the right time, you have a chance of 100% to see the easter egg.

Steffen, I guess it's time to change the hot key to something new, now that it's disclosed ;)

CTRL+ALT+DEL houghi -- Nutze die zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Wert und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das tun. Johannes Müller-Elmau

Terje J. Hanssen

10:04

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Andreas Jaeger wrote:

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"Terje J. Hanssen" writes:

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I've had some trouble installing 10.1b2 properly as explained in other posts. At a couple of instances however, a remarkable Boot Splas image has appeared on the screen: it looked like a Christmas card with a jumping Santa Claus on top or jumping over it. I would say it reminds me about "a hack", but it might be something from previous development as well.

That was our Christmas present for last year. You get it when booting From CD1 randomly,

Is the boot splash image(s) saved as single (.jpg?) filenames likewise wallpapers on the disk, possibly which script loads it. Thanks, Terje J. Hanssen