Fwd:Re:[SLE] Graphical theme during bootup (bootsplash)
At 31-10-2003 21:31:52, the following EMail was send:
From: kthunoe@io.dk
To: "Johnny Ernst Nielsen"
At 31-10-2003 19:48:37, you wrote:
Good day Kasper,
Fredag den 31. oktober 2003 17:52 kvad Kasper Thunoe:
When my SuSE 9.0 boots up it does so without using a bootsplash theme. Bootsplash packages are installed so how do enable these at startup?
Is YaST2 -> System -> editor for /etc/sysconfig Files -> System -> Boot -> SPLASH set to "yes"?
Best regards :o)
Johnny :o)
-- Heya Johnny
Thx for replying (tak for svaret ;-) Yup it is set to 'yes', and a theme is chosen, but still it wont show anything....??? Another thing someone might have an idea about is, changing of resolution during bootup. I spent last nite trying to do different things in my lilo.conf, but nuttin helped. I had the "Failsafe" option doing it a the right resolution and it had "vga=normal" but that didnt do much when setting that. TIA.
God aften Kasper, Fredag den 31. oktober 2003 21:34 kvad Kasper Thunoe:
When my SuSE 9.0 boots up it does so without using a bootsplash theme. Bootsplash packages are installed so how do enable these at startup?
Is YaST2 -> System -> editor for /etc/sysconfig Files -> System -> Boot -> SPLASH set to "yes"?
Yup it is set to 'yes', and a theme is chosen, but still it wont show anything....??? [...]I spent last nite trying to do different things in my lilo.conf[...]
You are using LILO. I am using GRUB. My standard GRUB kernel line for 9.0 looks like this: kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 splash=silent desktop hdb=ide-scsi hdblun=0 showopts This makes my boot splash work. What does your corresponding LILO kernel line look like? Best regards (hilsen) :o) Johnny :o)
At 31-10-2003 22:27:36, you wrote:
God aften Kasper,
Fredag den 31. oktober 2003 21:34 kvad Kasper Thunoe:
When my SuSE 9.0 boots up it does so without using a bootsplash theme. Bootsplash packages are installed so how do enable these at startup?
Is YaST2 -> System -> editor for /etc/sysconfig Files -> System -> Boot -> SPLASH set to "yes"?
Yup it is set to 'yes', and a theme is chosen, but still it wont show anything....??? [...]I spent last nite trying to do different things in my lilo.conf[...]
You are using LILO. I am using GRUB.
My standard GRUB kernel line for 9.0 looks like this:
kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 splash=silent desktop hdb=ide-scsi hdblun=0 showopts
This makes my boot splash work.
What does your corresponding LILO kernel line look like?
Best regards (hilsen) :o)
Johnny :o)
Hey Johnny I just changed loader from lilo to grub, and compared my config file to yours which is more or less the same. I added the vga=0x317, but that didnt work well. Actually it didnt boot at all. Which vga mode should I use for a laptop LCD screen with a max. res of 1024x768 anyways??? Here is the grub entry for linux: title Linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 showopts splash=silent desktop initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd Note: the laptop is dualboot with winxp Thx again.
God dag Kasper, Lørdag den 1. november 2003 23:21 kvad Kasper Thunoe:
When my SuSE 9.0 boots up it does so without using a bootsplash theme. Bootsplash packages are installed so how do enable these at startup?
Is YaST2 -> System -> editor for /etc/sysconfig Files -> System -> Boot -> SPLASH set to "yes"?
Yup it is set to 'yes', and a theme is chosen, but still it wont show anything....??? [...]I spent last nite trying to do different things in my lilo.conf[...]
You are using LILO. I am using GRUB.
My standard GRUB kernel line for 9.0 looks like this:
kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 splash=silent desktop hdb=ide-scsi hdblun=0 showopts
This makes my boot splash work.
What does your corresponding LILO kernel line look like?
I just changed loader from lilo to grub, and compared my config file to yours which is more or less the same. I added the vga=0x317, but that didnt work well. Actually it didnt boot at all. Which vga mode should I use for a laptop LCD screen with a max. res of 1024x768 anyways???
Here is the grub entry for linux: title Linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 showopts splash=silent desktop initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd
I am sorry, but I am all out of ideas now. I installed from scratch and YaST automatically set up the boot splash for me, so I really don't know how it's all screwed together. I hope someone else can help. Best regards :o) Johnny :o)
At 02-11-2003 15:02:33, you wrote:
God dag Kasper, Lørdag den 1. november 2003 23:21 kvad Kasper Thunoe:
> When my SuSE 9.0 boots up it does so without using a > bootsplash theme. Bootsplash packages are installed so how > do enable these at > startup?
Is YaST2 -> System -> editor for /etc/sysconfig Files -> System -> Boot -> SPLASH set to "yes"?
Yup it is set to 'yes', and a theme is chosen, but still it wont show anything....??? [...]I spent last nite trying to do different things in my lilo.conf[...]
You are using LILO. I am using GRUB.
My standard GRUB kernel line for 9.0 looks like this:
kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 splash=silent desktop hdb=ide-scsi hdblun=0 showopts
This makes my boot splash work.
What does your corresponding LILO kernel line look like?
I just changed loader from lilo to grub, and compared my config file to yours which is more or less the same. I added the vga=0x317, but that didnt work well. Actually it didnt boot at all. Which vga mode should I use for a laptop LCD screen with a max. res of 1024x768 anyways???
Here is the grub entry for linux: title Linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 showopts splash=silent desktop initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd
I am sorry, but I am all out of ideas now. I installed from scratch and YaST automatically set up the boot splash for me, so I really don't know how it's all screwed together.
I hope someone else can help.
Best regards :o)
Johnny :o)
Goddag Johnny :-) That's OK. Thanks a lot for trying. Appreciate it! Anyone else with ideas? TIA Kasper
God aften Kasper, Søndag den 2. november 2003 16:00 kvad Kasper Thunoe:
>> When my SuSE 9.0 boots up it does so without using a >> bootsplash theme. Bootsplash packages are installed so >> how do enable these at >> startup? > >Is YaST2 -> System -> editor for /etc/sysconfig Files -> > System -> Boot -> SPLASH set to "yes"?
Yup it is set to 'yes', and a theme is chosen, but still it wont show anything....??? [...]I spent last nite trying to do different things in my lilo.conf[...]
You are using LILO. I am using GRUB.
My standard GRUB kernel line for 9.0 looks like this:
kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x317 splash=silent desktop hdb=ide-scsi hdblun=0 showopts
This makes my boot splash work.
What does your corresponding LILO kernel line look like?
I just changed loader from lilo to grub, and compared my config file to yours which is more or less the same. I added the vga=0x317, but that didnt work well. Actually it didnt boot at all. Which vga mode should I use for a laptop LCD screen with a max. res of 1024x768 anyways???
Here is the grub entry for linux: title Linux kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 showopts splash=silent desktop initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd
I am sorry, but I am all out of ideas now.
Anyone else with ideas?
Although this is not an idea, it might be a pointer in some interesting direction. I have just experienced the same as you, and at first glance it seems to have something to do with where the boot loader is placed, when it's on a dual boot system. I have set up a dual boot computer (SuSE 8.2 for production + SuSE 9.0 for a test swing). I bet this resembles your setup with Win XP and SuSE 9.0. Now, when, during the install, I choose to put the test system's boot loader on a floppy, the test system's boot splash comes up fine, no matter whether I boot the test system from the floppy or directly from my production system's boot loader. However, when, during install, I choose to put the test system's boot loader in the boot sector of the test system's partition, the boot splash does not show, no matter whether I boot the test system directly from my production system's bootlader or by chain loading the test system's boot loader from the production system's boot loader. As far as I can see, the difference between the two types of install, is where I put the boot loader for the test system. Does this give you any ideas? Hilsen Johnny :o)
On Sunday 02 November 2003 22:30, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
I have just experienced the same as you, and at first glance it seems to have something to do with where the boot loader is placed, when it's on a dual boot system. I have set up a dual boot computer (SuSE 8.2 for production + SuSE 9.0 for a test swing). I bet this resembles your setup with Win XP and SuSE 9.0.
I got a dual boot Win XP and SuSE 9.0 here without any problems. Suggest, that you guys use GRUB as a general boot loader, and install it on the primary hard drive, and then configure it to boot your windows. Actually, suse does this automatically when installing, unless you tell it otherwise. Besides me, I have a Compaq nx9010 with SuSE 9.0 installed fine, and bootsplash shows fine as well. The graphics mode, is vga=0x317 for a vesa 1024x768 display. And finally, you can always install grub on your mbr, by simply running 'grub-install /dev/hda' or wherever you want it.
Now, when, during the install, I choose to put the test system's boot loader on a floppy, the test system's boot splash comes up fine, no matter whether I boot the test system from the floppy or directly from my production system's boot loader. However, when, during install, I choose to put the test system's boot loader in the boot sector of the test system's partition, the boot splash does not show, no matter whether I boot the test system directly from my production system's bootlader or by chain loading the test system's boot loader from the production system's boot loader.
As far as I can see, the difference between the two types of install, is where I put the boot loader for the test system.
Does this give you any ideas?
Hilsen Johnny :o)
At 03-11-2003 01:09:33, you wrote:
On Sunday 02 November 2003 22:30, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote:
I have just experienced the same as you, and at first glance it seems to have something to do with where the boot loader is placed, when it's on a dual boot system. I have set up a dual boot computer (SuSE 8.2 for production + SuSE 9.0 for a test swing). I bet this resembles your setup with Win XP and SuSE 9.0.
I got a dual boot Win XP and SuSE 9.0 here without any problems.
Suggest, that you guys use GRUB as a general boot loader, and install it on the primary hard drive, and then configure it to boot your windows. Actually, suse does this automatically when installing, unless you tell it otherwise.
Besides me, I have a Compaq nx9010 with SuSE 9.0 installed fine, and bootsplash shows fine as well. The graphics mode, is vga=0x317 for a vesa 1024x768 display.
And finally, you can always install grub on your mbr, by simply running 'grub-install /dev/hda' or wherever you want it.
Now, when, during the install, I choose to put the test system's boot loader on a floppy, the test system's boot splash comes up fine, no matter whether I boot the test system from the floppy or directly from my production system's boot loader. However, when, during install, I choose to put the test system's boot loader in the boot sector of the test system's partition, the boot splash does not show, no matter whether I boot the test system directly from my production system's bootlader or by chain loading the test system's boot loader from the production system's boot loader.
As far as I can see, the difference between the two types of install, is where I put the boot loader for the test system.
Does this give you any ideas?
Hilsen Johnny :o)
Hey guys @ Örn: I did change from LILO to GRUB after seeing Johnnys working config, so that's what I'm using now. And GRUB is installed in MBR on /dev/hda. @ Johnny: It seems to be the same problem you've got on you test-setup as I have here. But it gives me no ideas as to a possible solution :( Thanks for your help both of you, but I guess I'll just have to boot without a pretty background ;) Kasper
The Saturday 2003-11-01 at 23:21 +0100, Kasper Thunoe wrote:
I added the vga=0x317, but that didnt work well. Actually it didnt boot at all. Which vga mode should I use for a laptop LCD screen with a max. res of 1024x768 anyways???
Try vga=ask -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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Örn Hansen