Bug 259449 – gentoo-sources >= 2.6.28 should include fbcondecor patch 0.9.5

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description loux thefuture 2009-02-18 06:13:58 UTC]

for now gentoo-sources >= 2.6.28 include the old fbcondercor 0.9.4 patch, please update it to 0.9.5. There are trouble between fbcon and splash while interactive in the initramfs like keymap.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge gentoo-sources >= 2.6.28 with uvesafb and fbcondecor
2.build a liveCD with it 
3.try to ask for the keymap

Actual Results:  
splash don't turn into verbose and don't ask for keymap

Expected Results:  
splash you turn into verbode mode and wait for the choosen keymap

[Comment 1 Wormo (RETIRED) 2009-02-19 07:02:25 UTC]

Thanks for the report, assigning to maintainers

[Comment 2 Mike Pagano 2009-03-08 11:33:17 UTC]

Fixed in gentoo-sources-2.6.28-r3

[Comment 3 Billy DeVincentis 2009-05-06 09:51:42 UTC]

Maybe so but the kernel I just recompiled still wouldn't boot. Not sure if a recompile of v86d or splashutils is necessary.

[Comment 4 Billy DeVincentis 2009-05-06 12:15:14 UTC]

Actually, if you run this kernel with gensplash, you must have expat support enabled. Upon recompiling with expat support the kernel booted fine.

[Comment 5 Michal Januszewski (RETIRED) 2009-05-06 17:31:06 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Actually, if you run this kernel with gensplash, you must have expat support
> enabled. Upon recompiling with expat support the kernel booted fine.

Expat as in the expat XML parsing library?  Where do you need to enable the expat support?