I have built splashutils 1.1.9.1 and so far everything worked. When entering the default runlevel, the splash-functions-script complains about not having found /var/cache/splash. Ok, I created this directory, including the tmp-subdir, the message didn't appear, but the silent-splash screen changed to a black screen still showing the progress bar. It seems to happen while re-copying the tmp-dir in the splash-cache. Idea?
Should be fixed in splashutils 1.1.9.2.
Nononono, it does not. It now has the same effect, which I had when fixing it myself. :) The Screen goes black at the position in runlevel where the splash-script is being executed. The only thing, that is visible is the progressbar
The splash script == /etc/init.d/splash?
Yes, sir!
WAH! No!! Not the init-script. I meant the splash-functions-script, which can be found unter /sbin. Sorry, for the incorrectness.
I've reviewed what I changed. In 1.1.9.1 I made the script mount the right location and afterwards move this directory as it was supposed. This made the splash-image disappear except for the progress bar. This behaviour really suggests, that the splash-image is not where it's expected to be, i.e. a location problem.
I'm reopening the Bug, since it has not been resolved yet.
After installing 1.1.9.3, do you still get an error about /var/cache/splash not being found? Or the problem is the silent splash going all black suddenly during boot? What's your RC_TTY_NUMBER setting in /etc/conf.d/rc?
I though the cache-directory was related to this screen-problem, but it actually is not and it starts to annoy me. My RC_TTY_NUMBER is 11. I never changed this value and this is the original number, which came with gentoo's layout. I have some other hints from testing around: - It seems to happen, while running through unicode-initialization and consolefont. - I can switch back to the silent (but this is not optimal) - there is no error in the console initiating a switch to verbose - I never had this with 0.9.x :D
Try using the tty:x parameter, as suggested in the einfo's printed by the ebuild. If you currently have: splash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.0 change it to: splash=silent,theme:livecd-2005.0,tty:12
I already had tty:8 entered as you mentioned in the einfo. 12 is syslog-ng, so 13 is "free". Syslog logs into 8, so 8 is supposed to not work, too, when using the default. With 13 it works! (Except that the bar is set to 0% while hotplugging and reset to 50 when proceeding) I think you should mention this in the ebuild-einfo, so people who are even more confused than I was, know how to handle this!! 8 was simply confusing. Is it possible to split this thread and append this to a more self-explaining thread? At least this is an ebuild-bug (einfo). :)
The original topic is not affected anymore. The created "subtopic" has been resolved as a syslog-ng issue with fbsplash (Solution should be clear).
