139498 – splashutils needs to start before xdm (init script corrupts X display)

Bug 139498 - splashutils needs to start before xdm (init script corrupts X display)

Summary: splashutils needs to start before xdm (init script corrupts X display)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Michal Januszewski (RETIRED)

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Whiteboard:	fixed in git
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Reported:	2006-07-06 16:49 UTC by Paul Taylor
Modified:	2006-07-14 17:13 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Paul Taylor 2006-07-06 16:49:35 UTC

I've installed splashutils on three Gentoo boxes (one amd64, two x86), with the "splash" init script running in the "default" run level as recommended by the HOWTO.  This runs after X has started, causing the display to be corrupted (overwrites video memory); refreshing the display clears the corrupted image.

To prevent this, I added the following dependency to the "splash" init script so that it runs before X:

depend() {
   before xdm
}

Can this be added to the package?

Thanks.

Comment 1 Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-07-14 17:13:50 UTC

Fixed in splashutils-1.3. Thanks.