Building gentoo-sources-2.6.12-r4 using "genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all" doesn't show the splash image on the console at boot. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Edit lilo.conf for initramfs operation (remove initrd=, root= and real_root=) 2. genkernel --menuconfig --gensplash=livecd-2005.1 all 3. dolilo and reboot Actual Results: The system boots and goes into framebuffer mode (Tux image shown at top-left of screen) but the splash image isn't shown until late in boot process. Expected Results: Under genkernel-3.1.6 the splash image showed much earlier during boot.
More of the silent code for splashutils was moved from the kernel and into user space. This has nothing to do with genkernel, but rather splashutils. It is also documented in the splashutils ebuild's output. Could you please show us your entire boot options? Most likely, you need to add "CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 quiet" to your kernel command line options. Also, you *need* the initrd= line, pointing to your initramfs image.
Here's an excerpt from my lilo.conf as used with genkernel-3.1.6: # Global setting append="noapic init=/linuxrc root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/md1 elevator=deadline gentoo=nodevfs udev" # Per-image setting addappend="video=vesafb:1024x768-24@75 splash=silent,fadein,theme:livecd-2005.1 quiet CONSOLE=/dev/tty1" If the initrd line is required for initramfs then there must be some problem with my real_root=/dev/md1 and genkernel-3.2.1/splashutils-1.1.9.7 which isn't apparent when the initramfs isn't used. The RAID-1 functionality is built into my kernel and the RAID partitions are set to type raid-autodetect. Regards, Neil Darlow
The initrd is *required* otherwise the kernel is unable to load the splash theme until after the system has started to enter runlevels. Also, you might need to remake your splash initramfs if it was created with any splashutils version prior to 1.1.x Otherwise, I can tell you with 100% certainty that it is a configuration issue and not a bug with the software, since it WORKSFORME on both my laptop and also on the 2005.1 pre-release materials that we are currently constructing.
