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[Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>]

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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 05:50, Eric Sandall wrote:
> Quoting "Eric D. Schabell M.Sc." <eschabell AT sourcemage.org>:
> > > had it (trying out bootsplash, which doesn't work).
> >
> > Bootsplash worked fine for me on 2.6.3 with the patch located at:
> >
> > http://www.schabell.com/linux/mirror/bootsplash-3.1.3-2.6.3-r2.patch.bz2
> >
> > Also need to pull some images for /etc/bootsplash from the bootsplash
> > site, but really neat boot screen!
>
> The "boot-theme" package in the kernels section has an SMGL theme and our
> kernel has the 3.1.4-2.6.3 bootsplash patch. I may be doing something
> wrong, so if you could look at it and do a (quick) writeup of what you did
> (what special kernel options, boot loader options, etc.) I'll try to get it
> working.
>
> -sandalle

bootsplash only works on graphical consoles at 16 bit colour, 8 bit or 24 bit 
will not show anything. Also the config file has to correctly list the right 
image size, telling it to use a 1024x768 image but providing it with a 
800x600 will not work (or vice-versa). 

Hamish
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