i'm building a copy of the Gentoo 2006.0 live cd using catalyst. when using splashutils-1.1.9.8-r1 on the livecd, it looks like there are some errors issued when trying to clean up the splash cache, killing the daemon and unmounting: here's what happens during bootup: <snip> * Caching service dependencies * Setting framebuffer console images * Caching service dependencies * Starting local... /sbin/splash-functions.sh: line 231: /lib/splash/cache/levels: Read-only filesystem /sbin/splash-functions.sh: line 232: /lib/splash/cache/levels: Read-only filesystem </snip> this is a new error that seems to have come along with some back-ported patches to splashutils. this problem didn't exist on my livecds a month ago which used an earlier version of splashutils. thanks.
just in case nobody's paid attention to this bug or bothered to look for a solution yet, the problem is obviously caused by the splash cache having been created with improper file permissions. when the live CD autoconfig and splash init scripts do their thing, they're jammed by the fact the splash cache was created with improper permissions. a pair of ugly read-only file system errors are printed to the screen at bootup, which makes a live CD look bad. chmodding the cache directory with appropriate permissions solves the problem. if you'd like to permit other people to build a functional install CD, perhaps passing this solution into the ebuild would be a good idea, as it would allow people other than Gentoo to build a live CD with a functional splash theme. until this problem gets fixed, nobody will be able to include a functional splash theme on their live CD. that is, unless they do a little bash-fu like i did. :)
The problem should be fixed in splashutils-1.3.
