[opensuse] I Give UP! - howto change the bootsplash on 11.3?
Guys, I've uninstalled the opensuse-edu..thin bootsplash. I've tried yast->sysconfig editor->system->boot->theme. I've confirmed in /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash: SPLASH="yes" THEME="SuSE-Elegant" ...but still I get that ugly yellow 'thin' bootsplash. It is like the cancer of Beagle -- I just can't seem to kill it. What's the trick? Is this darn thing made into initrd? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 10:13:34PM -0600, David C. Rankin wrote:
Guys,
I've uninstalled the opensuse-edu..thin bootsplash. I've tried yast->sysconfig editor->system->boot->theme. I've confirmed in /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash:
SPLASH="yes" THEME="SuSE-Elegant"
...but still I get that ugly yellow 'thin' bootsplash. It is like the cancer of Beagle -- I just can't seem to kill it. What's the trick?
Is this darn thing made into initrd?
Actually yes, you need to run 'mkinitrd' after changing the theme. Cheers, Michael. -- Michael Schroeder mls@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF Markus Rex, HRB 16746 AG Nuernberg main(_){while(_=~getchar())putchar(~_-1/(~(_|32)/13*2-11)*13);} -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 11/08/2010 03:59 AM, Michael Schroeder wrote:
Actually yes, you need to run 'mkinitrd' after changing the theme.
Grr.... Should have known. I thought by 11.3, Yast should be smart enough to do this. What the heck is yast doing when it takes 30sec - 1 min+ of post processing after changing the splash?? Thanks! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 11/08/2010 02:08 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 11/08/2010 03:59 AM, Michael Schroeder wrote:
Actually yes, you need to run 'mkinitrd' after changing the theme.
Grr.... Should have known. I thought by 11.3, Yast should be smart enough to do this. What the heck is yast doing when it takes 30sec - 1 min+ of post processing after changing the splash??
Thanks!
mkinitrd <big snip> Bootsplash: SuSE-Elegant (1024x768), SuSE-Elegant (1440x900) 52304 blocks Done! I don't recall ever having to remake initrd manually after a bootsplash change with SuSE 10-11.2?? (Could have, just don't recall). So is this a bug or new feature or old feature I just don't recall using? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
i've done it before too you have to do something like: mkinitrd -s 1024x768 where '1024x768' is the widthxheight of the picture. i believe using the etc/sysconfig editor you can only specify what theme to use not what resolution so you will have to run mkinitrd. even if yast did it for you it might specify a resolution based on the old bootsplash it doesn't know which resolution you want to use(the bootsplash theme's typically come in different resolution). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 11/08/2010 07:09 PM, michael getachew wrote:
i've done it before too you have to do something like: mkinitrd -s 1024x768
where '1024x768' is the widthxheight of the picture. i believe using the etc/sysconfig editor you can only specify what theme to use not what resolution so you will have to run mkinitrd. even if yast did it for you it might specify a resolution based on the old bootsplash it doesn't know which resolution you want to use(the bootsplash theme's typically come in different resolution).
It must have been years since I had to do this, because it does seem vaguely familiar. However, for the SuSE-Elegant splash I installed (copied from 11.0), all it did was issue mkinitrd and it got the right resolution. Thanks for your help! -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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