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Re: [SLE] GRUB menu.lst entry questions (boot splash verbosity)
- From: Philip Amadeo Saeli <psaeli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:50:16 -0800
- Message-id: <20031228085016.GA16452@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Shortly after I sent this message, I found more info WRT my questions,
including an earlier (essentially unanswered) question to SLE:
From: Donn Washburn <n5xwb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [SLE] /boot/message problem
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 22:18:56 -0500
Message-ID: <3ED2D920.2080102@xxxxxxxxxx>
However, my main question remains unanswered. Comments below.
* Philip Amadeo Saeli <psaeli@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2003.12.28 06:52]:
> 1. What does the "native" splash option mean (e.g., "splash=native")? I
> assume the other two ("silent" and "verbose") are as their names would
> suggest.
Native = non-graphical boot, i.e., the normal linux boot screen. (Found
this by looking at the text strings inside the /boot/messge file, in a
help section.)
> 2. What does "showopts" mean??? I've looked everywhere and googled
> extensively and still can find no documentation on this one (I'even
> grepped the entire kernel source tree and "string"ed all the grub
> binaries looking for it!). I only found -one- message (on the web) that
> even addressed the term, but I couldn't really make sense of the
> explanation.
I also found this string, several instances, in the /boot/message file.
More scrounging about in my system revealed the gfxboot-devel RPM pkg
which contains the files necessary to develop a graphical boot splash
theme. A couple of files contained in that pkg shed some light on the
issue:
1. /usr/share/gfxboot/SuSE/SuSE.config contains the code defining
the usage of "showopts".
2. /usr/share/doc/packages/gfxboot/README details the syntax of the
language used in the above gfxboot config file.
So, basically, it looks like "showopts", if present, splits the kernel
arg line into two parts, a hidden and shown part. Apparently, only the
args following "showopts" are shown (whatever that means).
I'm going to muck about with grub and see what I can come up with via
trial and error. Still wish there were some real dox on this out there,
though!
Phil
--
Philip Amadeo Saeli
SuSE Linux 8.2 (9.0 soon? ...)
psaeli@xxxxxxxxxxxx
including an earlier (essentially unanswered) question to SLE:
From: Donn Washburn <n5xwb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [SLE] /boot/message problem
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 22:18:56 -0500
Message-ID: <3ED2D920.2080102@xxxxxxxxxx>
However, my main question remains unanswered. Comments below.
* Philip Amadeo Saeli <psaeli@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [2003.12.28 06:52]:
> 1. What does the "native" splash option mean (e.g., "splash=native")? I
> assume the other two ("silent" and "verbose") are as their names would
> suggest.
Native = non-graphical boot, i.e., the normal linux boot screen. (Found
this by looking at the text strings inside the /boot/messge file, in a
help section.)
> 2. What does "showopts" mean??? I've looked everywhere and googled
> extensively and still can find no documentation on this one (I'even
> grepped the entire kernel source tree and "string"ed all the grub
> binaries looking for it!). I only found -one- message (on the web) that
> even addressed the term, but I couldn't really make sense of the
> explanation.
I also found this string, several instances, in the /boot/message file.
More scrounging about in my system revealed the gfxboot-devel RPM pkg
which contains the files necessary to develop a graphical boot splash
theme. A couple of files contained in that pkg shed some light on the
issue:
1. /usr/share/gfxboot/SuSE/SuSE.config contains the code defining
the usage of "showopts".
2. /usr/share/doc/packages/gfxboot/README details the syntax of the
language used in the above gfxboot config file.
So, basically, it looks like "showopts", if present, splits the kernel
arg line into two parts, a hidden and shown part. Apparently, only the
args following "showopts" are shown (whatever that means).
I'm going to muck about with grub and see what I can come up with via
trial and error. Still wish there were some real dox on this out there,
though!
Phil
--
Philip Amadeo Saeli
SuSE Linux 8.2 (9.0 soon? ...)
psaeli@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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