Bug 488524

Summary:	=media-gfx/splashutils-1.5.4.4-r1 - splash_geninitramfs --append "corrupts" initramfs with kernel-3.10.16
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	drxibah
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Asaf Gery <asaf.gery>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	proxy-maint
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description drxibah 2013-10-18 19:32:44 UTC

I had a boot splash screen working with previous kernel versions (not sure up to which). 

I would just rename my initramfs to match the kernel version I would upgrade to so grub2-mkconfig would pick it up. 

For some reason after an update grub2 stop recognising the initramfs file, and I
didn't really have time to fiddle with it so I just stopped using initramfs altogheter.

Today I was up to "pimp up" my system so I did like the first time, used genkernel to generate an initramfs and used splash_geninitramfs -a to insert a random theme just for trying.

My system hanged on boot with some message like "can't mount the kernel" and the keyboard lights flashing.

I rebooted without initramfs, checked all the instructions on the gentoo wiki, checked the kernel configuration, and even tried to insert the theme through /etc/genkernel.conf but the boot would always give the same error.

I guess this is a problem with kernel-3.10's (or 3.9) initramfs, as I had no problems the previous time setting up a bootsplash.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. On a system with gentoo-sources-3.10.16 generate an initramfs with genkernel run grub2-mkconfig and reboot to make sure it's working.

2. run splash_geninitramfs --verbose --res NxN --generate /boot/initramfs-bootsplash theme

3. reboot again to see the kernel failing to mount on the initramfs

Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev

2016-08-18 08:33:27 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 417375 ***