Re: [SLE] bootsplash 9.1 pro

From: Catimimi (Catimimi_at_libertysurf.fr)
Date: 07/30/04

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    Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:51:36 +0200
To: BandiPat <penguin0601@earthlink.net>

    BandiPat a écrit :

    >On Thursday 29 July 2004 06:52 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Boot splash is installed.
    >>but on reboot the grub menu is still text not graphical.
    >>what turns it on. In 8.2 pro it had a nice graphical around the
    >>menu.
    >>
    >>Can I use my own graphic?
    >>--
    >>
    >>| \ /|\ || |\ / |~~\ /~~\ /~~| //~~\
    >>| \ / | \ || | X |__/| || |( `--.
    >>|__ | | \| \_/ / \ | \ \__/ \__| \\__/
    >>
    >>
    >----------------
    >
    >Carl,
    >
    >If your install initially setup for 640x480, you won't have a graphical
    >boot, it will always stay text. I had that happen on an older machine
    >I setup a few months ago with weak builtin video. It displays nicely
    >in KDE, but I never bothered to try to change the boot up. I once
    >adjusted that on an install and forever got the question about what
    >screen I wanted to use after that! So now, I just let it choose, don't
    >bother it and set my final screens as I wish later.
    >
    >Don't know if that was your problem or not, just thought it might be of
    >some interest, if it was.
    >
    >Lee
    >
    >
    If you want bootsplash to work, add an entry vga=0x??? as grub parameter

    choose 0x??? according to the capabilities of your system, in order to know
    you can run : hwinfo --framebuffer

    then run : mkinitrd

    and the splash screen will be there at next boot.

    Michel. 

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