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• Started 11 years ago by romano
• Latest reply from dudu
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   romano
   

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   is it possible to show image while loading in background?

   i tried splash image but this one doesnt keep stay while slitaz loading.

   thanks

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Aleksej
   

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   This thingy called 'bootsplash'. Forcing it to work is not a trivial task.
   You need to patch kernel etc. How-to from ArchLinux you can find here:
   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Category:Bootsplash
   Arch differs with SliTaz, but I think there is a close direction. You can find SliTaz packages in http://pkgs.slitaz.org and you can find other linuxes' packages in http://pkgs.org and can try to convert it to SliTaz packages with 'tazpkg convert ...'

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   Actually it's simpler than that Aleksej. SliTaz 4 has a package called slitaz-fbsplash which can do this. It should be enabled by default once you installed the package, so it should show up at next reboot.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Trixar_za
   

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   Er, don't. Seems it's broken and using it will keep SliTaz from booting...

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   romano
   

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   i hope in slitaz 5 can be much easier.
   like parameters in menu.lst :)

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   romano
   

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   i use frugal installation. i guess not possible with slitaz-fbsplash.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   oddowl
   

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   fbsplash still not working? OK, I undid FBSPLASH="no" in /etc/rcS.conf using rescue OS, and now I seem to have quiet boot. are there any other simple alternatives, plymouth may be?

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   dudu
   

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   To find a bootsplash or to start it is not the problem, there are the kernel logo, fbsplash or splashy
   from ubuntu old releases. But during boot the bootsplash stops and the screen gets black. In the res-
   ponsible file /etc/init.d/rcS there are tasks, that do not harmonize with the bootsplash, for example
   configuring xorg or loading modules. When we use the frugal install, these tasks have to be done every
   boot. So we use the full installation. If there are still any conflicts, we put the corresponding lines
   at the end of the file, so they do not interrupt the bootsplash.

   1) Install a slitaz 5.0 rolling to a partition.

   chmod u+s /bin/su

   rm /lib/udev/devices/null
   mknod /lib/udev/devices/null c 1 3
   chmod 666 /lib/udev/devices/null

   2) Boot the system. When you see a changing resolution, this is the
   point, where a conflict exists and the bootsplash would disappear.

   3) Open /etc/init.d/rcS and replace

   if [ "$UDEV" = 'yes' ]; then
   action 'Triggering udev events: --action=add'
   udevadm trigger --action=add
   status
   fi

   by

   if [ "$UDEV" == 'yes' ]; then
   echo -n 'Triggering udev events: --action=add'
   MODALIASES="ls /sys/bus/*/devices/*/modalias | grep -v 0000:00:00.0 | grep -v 0000:00:02.0"
   for ONEMODALIAS in $MODALIASES
   do
   ONEPATH="dirname $ONEMODALIAS"
   if [ -e ${ONEPATH}/uevent ];then
   echo add > ${ONEPATH}/uevent
   usleep 20000
   fi
   done
   udevadm trigger --action=add --subsystem-match="input" --subsystem-match="sound"
   status
   fi

   (sleep 2; /etc/init.d/$LOGIN_MANAGER start >/dev/null) &

   by

   (sleep 1; /etc/init.d/$LOGIN_MANAGER start >/dev/null) &

   if [ -n "$MESSAGE" ]; then
   newline
   colorize 32 "$MESSAGE"
   fi
   ;;

   by

   if [ -n "$MESSAGE" ]; then
   newline
   colorize 32 "$MESSAGE"
   fi
   echo add > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:00.0/uevent
   echo add > /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:00:02.0/uevent
   ;;

   After that it should be possible to get a bootsplash, until slim
   starts. Of course there are still the messages about boot progress,
   which can be removed. If you want to have a dynamic bootsplash with
   changing images, you can use fbi from the package fbida.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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