Using gentoo-sources 2.6.12 with splashutils-1.1.9.7 and the 2005-0-theme (on a Dell inspiron with ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW in different resolutions and with different framebuffer drivers) in silent mode the system hangs (CTRL-ALT-DEL working) when reaching 100%. If i hit F2 during boot, thus going to verbose mode, xdm starts perfectly. Nothing in /var/tmp/messages or the xorg-logs can give any explanation to why it doesn't work. Kernel parameters in grub.conf: kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 root=/dev/hda3 splash=silent,kdgraphics,theme:default quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 video=vesafb:1600x1200-16@60,ywrap,mtrr (if kdgraphics is omitted text appears all over the screen (even if specifying tty=13) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5-20050130, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r9h i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r9h i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.70GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.10 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16 virtual/os-headers: 2.4.19-r1, 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium4 -march=pentium4 -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4 -pipe"DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo" LANG="sv_SE.UTF-8" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X aalib alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl eds emboss encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline samba scanner sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
Could you please try to upgrade to splashutils-1.1.9.9?
(In reply to comment #1) > Could you please try to upgrade to splashutils-1.1.9.9? Didn't make any difference, unfortunately. I have also observed that I can't change to verbose mode when the boot has passed ~60%. I've tried to remove services from init.d without success.
OK, something new that might be worth checking out. Upgrade to 1.1.9.10, and replace 'quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1' with 'console=tty1'. After you do that, it should be safe to remove the 'kdgraphics' option from the splash parameters. Please see whether removing it in this way makes any difference.
(In reply to comment #3) > OK, something new that might be worth checking out. Upgrade to 1.1.9.10, and > replace 'quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1' with 'console=tty1'. After you do that, it > should be safe to remove the 'kdgraphics' option from the splash parameters. > Please see whether removing it in this way makes any difference. Great - it worked! Thanks! // Fredrik
Fixed by console=tty1, closing.
