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Distribution: Debian Etch 2.6.18-(custom compile for k7) with a 72 no 58 no 42 second bootup time (XP=4mins)
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Splashy is great!
Just a quick note to say that after major issues with bootsplash on etch 2.6.16-2-k7 i've successfully install splashy which works without any kernel patches! WOOHOO!
Distribution: Debian Etch 2.6.18-(custom compile for k7) with a 72 no 58 no 42 second bootup time (XP=4mins)
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Well, why wouldn't it be if it doesn't need kernel patching, debian does generally try to make things simple. I played around with the bootsplash patch but i'm a 'n00b', and had no luck.
Distribution: Debian Etch 2.6.18-(custom compile for k7) with a 72 no 58 no 42 second bootup time (XP=4mins)
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Originally Posted by robingazi
I would'nt know, mine never worked. Any ideas people?
Google. The readme, the tutorials. Apart from installing it there is still quite a lot of work to do. You have to have framebuffering supported by the kernel etc. Go to the website, i don't know the link but google does, there is a faq, guide, etc..
Distribution: Debian Etch 2.6.18-(custom compile for k7) with a 72 no 58 no 42 second bootup time (XP=4mins)
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If aesthetics weren't important then their would have never been any motivation for the X-Window system. I really like the way etch looks and behaves, and i think a graphical splash screen at boot does it justice.
Distribution: Debian Etch 2.6.18-(custom compile for k7) with a 72 no 58 no 42 second bootup time (XP=4mins)
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Originally Posted by MrInept
Google. The readme, the tutorials. Apart from installing it there is still quite a lot of work to do. You have to have framebuffering supported by the kernel etc. Go to the website, i don't know the link but google does, there is a faq, guide, etc..
To get splashy working on a fresh debian etch install, all you have to do is install it, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add vga=791 (i think) to the line that the comments say to, and it will work straight away, at least it did for me.
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