Plymouth has compiled in support for udev. But in self made initramfs using the /usr/libexec/plymouth/plymouth-populate-initrd it has problems with uninitialized displays (systemd need to be in initramfs). Compiling plymouth without udev solve this issue and allow plymouth to be enabled even for very simple initramfs. Example init script that will work without udev enabled: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robertek/root-scripts/master/init.tpl Reproducible: Always It can be really easily implemented just adding udev USE flag to the ebuild. Leaving the udev enabled by default, which will retain the current behaviour and allow building without udev. Patch: --- a/plymouth-0.9.4-r1.ebuild 2019-05-28 04:39:53.000000000 +0200 +++ b/plymouth-0.9.4-r1.ebuild 2020-01-02 00:50:28.886148144 +0100 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2" SLOT="0" -IUSE="debug gdm +gtk +libkms +pango +split-usr static-libs" +IUSE="debug gdm +gtk +libkms +pango +split-usr static-libs +udev" CDEPEND=" >=media-libs/libpng-1.2.16:= @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ $(use_enable libkms drm) $(use_enable pango) $(use_enable gdm gdm-transition) + $(use_with udev) ) econf "${myconf[@]}" }
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=6ff8cce4cf0added0c3919b2f08b24d48bdbb00a commit 6ff8cce4cf0added0c3919b2f08b24d48bdbb00a Author: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-01-03 19:55:39 +0000 Commit: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-01-03 19:55:45 +0000 sys-boot/plymouth: made udev dependency optional Fixes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/704562 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.84, Repoman-2.3.20 Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org> sys-boot/plymouth/plymouth-0.9.4-r1.ebuild | 7 ++++--- sys-boot/plymouth/plymouth-9999.ebuild | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
