Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | "David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is dual-boot and | > the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: Shutting Down every Evening. | > In addition, I shall be getting a lap-top soon. (By the bye, why doesn't | > Debian have Bootsplash as a standard?) | > | > I know I need to compile a kernel (which I can do with synaptic and | > kernel-package) and then patch it. | > | > I do not know how. | > | > I have skimmed through a HOWTO or three. However, they aren't quite answering | > my questions. So, allow me to elaborate, if you will. | > | > Firstly, I need to get linux-source-2.6.12 from the Debian archives (with | > Synaptic, in my case). Do I need linux-patch-debian-2.6.12 or | > linux-tree-2.6.12? | | I find it easiest to just grab the vanilla sources straight from | kernel.org. The Debian ones tend to be crippled and patched, which | makes it a pain to apply new patches. | | Basically, the steps are: | | 1. Download the kernel source | | 2. Extract it to /usr/src, or wherever you'd prefer | | 3. Download the bootsplash patch from http://www.bootsplash.de/files/ | | 4. 'cd' into the extracted kernel source directory and run 'patch -p1 | /path/to/bootsplash.diff' | | 5. Run 'make menuconfig', customize as needed, and be sure to set | CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH=y | | 6. Run 'make-kpkg kernel_image'. See /usr/share/doc/kernel-packages for | lots more info. | | 7. Use 'dpkg -i' to install the newly build kernel package | | > Next, I need use kernel-package. How do I do this? What of menuconfig or some | > such thing? Must I 'do' this as well? | > | > There is also the matter of Patching. When and how do I do this so that I will | > have Bootsplash? There is an entry for Sources.list, so I can acquire that | > which I need from the Bootsplash web-site. But, what do I need? How do I | > implement this? | | Add to the /etc/apt/sources.list: | | deb http://debian.bootsplash.de unstable main | | And then install: | | bootsplash | bootsplash-theme-whatever | | And probably sysv-rc-bootsplash if you want a working progress bar. | It looks like they also have some packages for apply the kernel patch, | but I've never bothered with those. | | I think that's about it... | | -- Thanks for the tut.. But after downloading a vanilla linux-2.6.12.6 kernel, the patch -p1 --verbose bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.12.diff don't work. (nothing happen) Have to ^c to stop it after 30min.
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