[Bug 577795] New: grub: ability to play sound at boot screen
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795#c0 Summary: grub: ability to play sound at boot screen Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@novell.com ReportedBy: bluedzins@wp.pl QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- Nowadays computers have complex sequence of boot screens -- BIOS, graphics cards, Ethernet boot, etc. When you pay attention and you have monitor attached of course it is easy (relatively) to notice when finally you have grub boot screen loaded. But without monitor (in case of servers) is not that easy -- you have to count beeps, or time, to estimate, the computer is now at "grub stage". So, it would be useful to have something which can distinguish grub from any other low-level bios-alike screen --> a sound. Simple "ta da" would make a difference. So the wish is, user could pick up file to play at start (of grub start screen). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795#c1 Jiri Srain <jsrain@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO CC| |snwint@novell.com Info Provider| |bluedzins@wp.pl --- Comment #1 from Jiri Srain <jsrain@novell.com> 2010-02-08 08:46:11 UTC --- Steffen, gfxboot has a way to play a sound, or? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795#c2 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|bluedzins@wp.pl | --- Comment #2 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2010-02-08 11:14:46 CET --- Actually it can already do what Maciej asked. If you enable sound it will 'read' the default menu entry. That is, play the sound file associated with it. (On the DVD you can turn it on with F9.) That's all via PC-speaker, though. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795#c3 Jiri Srain <jsrain@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME --- Comment #3 from Jiri Srain <jsrain@novell.com> 2010-02-12 12:47:03 UTC --- Information to be added: To activate beep when boot menu is ready: gfxboot --change-config boot::beep=1 To activate speech: gfxboot --change-config base::talk=1 Steffen, correct me if I was wrong in the examples above.
From my POV, this is already working. Of course, you cannot expect any fancy sound - bootloader cannot have sound drivers.
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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577795#c4 --- Comment #4 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2010-02-12 14:28:57 CET --- Yes, but for base::talk=1 to work you also need to add a sound sample file. /etc/bootsplash/themes/openSUSE/cdrom/en.tlk is an example that fits our dvd but not so well the grub menu. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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