Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-21 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/22/05, Ritesh Raj Sarraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1L.V.Gandhi on Monday 19 Sep 2005 12:46 wrote:> I have found the problem with debian apt-get kernel which contains> debian patches.Debian shipped kernels don't come with with bootsplash patch include

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-21 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 L.V.Gandhi on Monday 19 Sep 2005 12:46 wrote: > On 9/17/05, Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't know whether this is a stupid doubt, but are you using >> `pristine' kernel sources or Debian patched kernel sources (apt-got >> ones)?

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-19 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/17/05, Kumar Appaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know whether this is a stupid doubt, but are you using > `pristine' kernel sources or Debian patched kernel sources (apt-got > ones)? I generally have had no problems applying the bootsplash > patches to pristine kernel sources. I hav

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
David R. Litwin wrote: 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

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-17 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 05:38:03AM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: >I have 2.6.8 kernel source. I tried the following both patches separately >in the same order. ie second time src previous patched source was deleted >and new src was installed. >bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.8.diff >bootsplash-

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-16 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/14/05, Pooly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2005/9/6, mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> | 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'

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-15 Thread Seeker5528
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:06:10 +0530 "L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is this boot-icons package. I don't have in stable repository. Hmmm, I guess boot-icons never made it out of unstable. http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=boot-icon&searchon=names&subword

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-14 Thread Pooly
2005/9/6, mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-13 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/14/05, Seeker5528 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:01:47 +0530"L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > On a side note I had installed the boot-icons package sometime in the > > past and never got around to getting it operational and it started> > working too.> >> > I install

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-13 Thread Seeker5528
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:01:47 +0530 "L.V.Gandhi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On a side note I had installed the boot-icons package sometime in the > > past and never got around to getting it operational and it started > > working too. > > > > I installed it. It shows tux image. No show of % pro

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-13 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/13/05, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The link I provide let me set up Splashy with relative ease. I should think, off hand, that you need to edit the config.xml file located in the splashy directory. Read the readme that comes along with your theme. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthr

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-12 Thread Bob Proulx
David R. Litwin wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > The only reason I was dragged in was that I fell for your > > troll. > > Did you mean MY troll? I hope that what I have written does not appear to be > a troll! I'm just asking questions: I'm very curious. I'm terribly sorry if > I sound mean. I'm r

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-12 Thread David R. Litwin
The link I provide let me set up Splashy with relative ease. I should think, off hand, that you need to edit the config.xml file located in the splashy directory. Read the readme that comes along with your theme. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=41709 I installed it. It shows tux image. No

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-12 Thread L.V.Gandhi
On 9/10/05, Seeker5528 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:55:31 -0700Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> what about using splashy?  it doesn't require a kernel rebuild and is in> experimental or you can add: >> deb http://splashy.Alioth.debian.org/debian/ unstable main> deb-sr

Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres. [Solved]

2005-09-10 Thread David R. Litwin
Aha! I got it to work (well, the boot up, any way. I haven't booted down yet. I assume it will work, though).I thank you all kindly for your help.(For purposes of completion:) Bby putting the line deb-src http://splashy.Alioth.debian.org/debian/ unstable maininto the sources.list file, then,

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-10 Thread Seeker5528
On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 21:55:31 -0700 Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what about using splashy? it doesn't require a kernel rebuild and is in > experimental or you can add: > > deb http://splashy.Alioth.debian.org/debian/ unstable main > deb-src http://splashy.Alioth.debian.org/debian/

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-07 Thread David R. Litwin
The only reason I was dragged in was that I fell for yourtroll. Did you mean MY troll? I hope that what I have written does not appear to be a troll! I'm just asking questions: I'm very curious. I'm terribly sorry if I sound mean. I'm really not terribly good at writing E-Mails. -- —A watched bread

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Brian Nelson wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > >> 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. > > > > I always find it easier to use the Debian st

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-06 Thread mess-mate
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

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Jeff D
David R. Litwin wrote: 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?) w

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
Isn't this perhaps the problem?  I've been trying to get to gripswith debian for years and I haven't ventured outside stable.  I still feel out of my depth and - no offence meant, honestly -you're obviously out of your depth and you shouldn't think youhave the right to demand answers to all your qu

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread charlie
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 20:02:55 -0700 (PDT) Alvin used the keyboard to craft this: >|bad boy ... >| >|i asume you do know, that your system is statisticly more likely >|to die exponentionally each time you reboot your PC.. the more >|you reboot it, the lifespan of your machine just wend down

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David Jardine
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:51:46PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > I'm using Sid Isn't this perhaps the problem? I've been trying to get to grips with debian for years and I haven't ventured outside stable. I still feel out of my depth and - no offence meant, honestly - you're obviously out

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Brian Nelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: >> 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. > > I always find it easier to use the Debian stock kernels. They have > all o

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
You don't need grub to use linux, lilo can be used instead. I prefer lilo togrub. I actually started my Linux days with LILO. I like GRUB more. IMHO, grub is too flexible.If I may: Huh? How can some thing be too flexible? This is most interesting.-- —A watched bread-crumb never boils.—My hover-cra

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:51:46PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: snip... > Also, one good-man mentioned that I would need to configure GRUB when I > install the kernel. Every time I have apt-got a linux-image, it says it is > searching for GRUB and modifying it accordingly (and, in fact, also for

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Alvin Oga
> On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, David R. Litwin wrote: > > My appologies: I really, really want Bootsplash. than you be able to make it work "yourself", as it is tons of work > As I wrote (and so alluded to), my computer IS re-booted quite a bit. bad boy ... i asume you do know, that your system is st

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
All was going well until:$ make xconfig** Unable to find the QT installation. Please make sure that the* QT development package is correctly installed and the QTDIR* environment variable is set to the correct location. *make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/.tmp_qtcheck] Error 1make: *** [xconfig] Error 2I

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:09:31PM +0200, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > not using HTML... Well, what did you expect? You're using evocrap as a MUA. Switch to something decent that actually allows you to control which part of a correctly-formatted rich-text message (ie including both HTML and

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Bob Proulx
Brian Nelson 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. But the other user will never see bootsplash. You booting li

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Mark Crean
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 16:36 -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: [snip] > > Any way, have you any advice to get me closer to me goal of > Bootsplashedness? > You might find this url helpful: http://hacks.oreilly.com/pub/h/3124 FWIW, I've got bootsplash here working fine on a 2.6.11 kernel but I canno

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Brian Nelson
"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 Bo

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 16:36 -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > Any way, have you any advice not using HTML... -- Administration & Formation à l'administration de serveurs dédiés: http://www.google.fr/search?q=aspo+infogerance+serveur

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
No one *needs*bootsplash.My appologies: I really, really want Bootsplash. > (By the bye, why doesn't Debian have Bootsplash as a standard?)Is there some particular reason it should?  Most people actually *use* the computer rather than rebooting it over and over and over and over...As I wrote (and

Re: Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 03:48:25PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote: > 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. What do any of those

Compiling Kernel for Bootsplash: The Whole Seven Metres.

2005-09-05 Thread David R. Litwin
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 ker