On Monday 17 May 2004 2:54 pm, Martin Mielke wrote:
Hi list,
yes, you guessed it: I want to change the bootsplash stuff and I can't go any further...
I did the following, as root:
mkdir /etc/bootsplash/themes/THALES mkdir /etc/bootsplash/themes/THALES/config mkdir /etc/bootsplash/themes/THALES/images
Then I put all the bootsplash-1024x768.jpg and silent-1024x768.jpg on the images/ directory. After that, I just created:
ln -s /etc/bootsplash/themes/THALES /etc/bootsplash/themes/current
and modified /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash as follows: --- ## Path: System/Boot ## Description: selects bootsplash graphics theme ## Type: string ## Default: SuSE # Choose the bootsplash theme. It should be based in # /etc/bootsplash/themes/ THEME="current" ## Path: System/Boot ## Description: enables/disables bootup graphics ## Type: yesno ## Default: yes # # SPLASH can be set to "no" to turn off the splash-screen on console 1 # at boot time (after kernel load). # # SPLASH=no to disable the splash screen # # SPLASH=yes to show the splash screen # SPLASH="yes" ---
The file /etc/bootsplash/themes/THALES/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg contains the full path to both JPEG images: --- jpeg=/etc/bootsplash/themes/THALES/images/bootsplash-1024x768.jpg silentjpeg=/etc/bootsplash/themes/THALES/images/silent-1024x768.jpg ---
Finally, I ran 'mkinitrd': --- Root device: /dev/hda2 (mounted on / as reiserfs) Module list: reiserfs Kernel version: 2.4.21-202-default (i386) Kernel image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-202-default Initrd image: /boot/initrd-2.4.21-202-default Shared libs: none Modules: kernel/fs/reiserfs/reiserfs.o Bootsplash: current (1024x768) ---
So far, so good... When I reboot the machine, I get the same SuSE-background with the menu-box (Linux | Failsafe | Memory Test) and no matter what I choose (silent, verbose) now I end up with a black screen showing me how's the boot process going and a Tux on top of everything (just like when you choose 'verbose').
Your ideas/comments/solutions on this are much appreciated.
Thanks! Martin
Have you had a bootsplash working? or are you trying to do one from new? What you have not given us is your GRUB or LILO boot line. Obviously, you must have a vga=* value set, because you can see Tux, but you may need to set vga=<something>, to give 1024*768 at the right resolution. hth Vince Littler