openSUSErs, I'm confused about splash screens during boot. I come from older openSUSE and not really accustomed to kms (if that has anything to do with it at all. My aim is to have a very short timeout on grub2 and then have a customized boot splash screen visible up to auto-login of some user. I'm using a "Minimal X Window" and a "standrd KDE" openSUSE 11.3 installation with standard 2.6.34-12-desktop kernel. Any advice on how to achieve that goal very much appreciated. Below find some additional info. What I see upon boot is BIOS GRUB kernel/init text messages [flickering] kernel/init text messages (the same as previsously) [flickering] some text message about "fast boot" shows short plenty of console text messages for the booting xdm or KDE login My hardware is hwinfo --framebuffer 02: None 00.0: 11001 VESA Framebuffer [Created at bios.459] Unique ID: rdCR.il6towt04X5 Hardware Class: framebuffer Model: "Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Controller" Vendor: "Intel Corporation" Device: "Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Controller" SubVendor: "Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS" SubDevice: Revision: "Hardware Version 0.0" Memory Size: 7 MB + 704 kB Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xd07affff (rw) Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+4096), 24 bits Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+2560), 24 bits Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+3200), 24 bits Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+832), 8 bits Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown hwinfo --gfxcard 10: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA) [Created at pci.318] Unique ID: _Znp.u0hotzOT3DB SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0 SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.0 Hardware Class: graphics card Model: "Intel 945 GM" Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" Device: pci 0x27a2 "945 GM" SubVendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation" SubDevice: pci 0x27a2 Revision: 0x03 Driver: "i915" Driver Modules: "drm" Memory Range: 0xfdf00000-0xfdf7ffff (rw,non-prefetchable) I/O Ports: 0xff00-0xff07 (rw) Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff (ro,non-prefetchable) Memory Range: 0xfdf80000-0xfdfbffff (rw,non-prefetchable) IRQ: 16 (50 events) I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw) Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d000027A2sv00008086sd000027A2bc03sc00i00" Driver Info #0: XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel Driver Info #1: XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel 3D Support: yes Extensions: dri Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown I do find openSUSE theme files in /etc/bootsplash/themes and /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash says SPLASH="yes" THEME="openSUSE" I've tried the following in menu.lst of grub with and without ",theme:openSUSE" title mypc root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 splash=silent,theme:openSUSE quiet showopts initrd /boot/initrd and also vga=791 as kernel option. Without success. It appear to me from http://sinujohn.wordpress.com/ http://www.novellshareware.com/news/netbooks-with-small-screens-create-a-spl... that there should indeed be a splash screen ... when running a live openSUSE 11.3 CD I think indeed there is a splash after kernel load and before the KDE login appears. But then again it seems that the live CD is kiwi based. Thanks Mads Jeppe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org