Marc Haber wrote: > retitle #478305 splash screen not removed > thanks > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 06:40:25PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > >> when bootup finishes on a system that does not start an X server after >> booting, the splash screen remains on display, and no key is accepted >> to switch back to the console. >> > > Same thing happens on a system that starts kdm after bootup. I also > don't see the progress bar moving at all, and splashy does not time > out at all (I have waited six minutes, which is triple the time that > my system usually takes to display the KDM login screen). > > Underneath the splash, the system seems to run fine, at least the > power button seems to be processed correctly, the system shuts down > orderly and switches itself off. > > Removing the "splash" from the kernel command line allows the system > to boot normally. > > Almost certainly this is http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=462626.
init breaks splashy's connection to the console so it can't switch back to text mode. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
