Package: bootsplash Version: 3.3-5 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch After spending a day or so trying to create a proper bootsplash initrd image I've tried to document the procedure for (Debian user-) posteriority in otder to spare them the trouble.
It'd again be nice if you could include the attached patch or something in that direction. Thanks a lot, *t -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-3-686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages bootsplash depends on: ii bootsplash-theme-debia 0.5-7.1 The bootsplash theme debian ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management sy ii initramfs-tools 0.85e tools for generating an initramfs ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libmng1 1.0.8-1 Multiple-image Network Graphics li ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4.sarge.2 compression library - runtime -- debconf information excluded
--- /usr/share/doc/bootsplash/README.Debian 2007-01-02 12:03:23.000000000 +0100 +++ /tmp/README.Debian 2007-01-25 22:09:46.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -bootsplah for Debian -==================== +bootsplash for Debian +===================== To activate the bootsplash you need to pass some command line parameters to the kernel. This can be done by configuring @@ -42,4 +42,55 @@ These display modes can also be found in the FrameBuffer HOWTO. Any 16bit mode should work. + +Bootsplash loads the boot image at two points in the boot process: + + 1. when it loads the initrd image the kernel part of bootsplash will + try to find the image in the initrd image and if successfull display it + + 2. when starting to execute /etc/init.d/* then /etc/init.d/bootsplash will + look for the image under /etc/bootsplash/ depending on how bootsplash + it set up through /etc/defaults/bootsplash + +ATTENTION: + +If you want to create a new initrd image you need to take extra care since +traditional method described all over on the internet: + + splash -s -f /etc/bootsplash/../bootsplash-XxY.jpeg >> /boot/initrd.img + +only works with cramfs based initrd images and WILL NOT work wth initramfs +based initrd images, which are the default for the 2.6er Debian kernels. +If you want to include an image in the initrd image then the following +two methods to do it are suggested: + + 1. in case you want to include a Debian provided bootsplash theme then + just issue dpkg-reconfigure bootsplash and choose the desired theme + accordingly + + 2. when making a theme yourself then take care to correctly configure + /etc/defaults/bootsplash and /etc/bootsplash/themes/your_theme and + then call: + + update-initramfs -u -k your_kernel + + This will recreate a working /boot/initrd-* image for your kernel. + +Customizing the GRUB bootscreen +=============================== + +It is also possible to customize the GRUB bootscreen. You need to create +and gzip (!) an image in XPM format with a resolution of 640x480 and +14 colours. Put that image under the name splash.xpm.gz under /boot/grub +and issue: + + update-grub + +Further reference: + + * GRUB documentation + * Bootsplash configuration (german only): + http://wiki.debianforum.de/Bootsplash?highlight=%28bootsplash%29 + * GRUB configuration: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30341 + -- Free Ekanayaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thu, 25 May 2006 10:20:14 z
