I have Mandriva 2009.0 installed and fully updated. I used Configure Your Computer>Boot>Boot Look 'n Feel>Set up boot graphical theme of System>Graphical Boot Mode=Silent>Theme=Mandriva-Free>Display theme under console=checked. My /boot/grub/menu.lst is thus;
$ sudo cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
timeout 5
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title Mandriva 2009.0 sda6 (2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb)
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=d5be9079-a3e8-40c1-a8d8-869e2616fbcd resume=UUID=3c9187f9-2090-439b-8f78-c13c823e394d splash=silent vga=773
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img

title Mandriva 2009.0 sda6 (2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb)
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb root=/dev/sda6 splash=silent vga=773
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/sda6 failsafe
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img

title Fedora 9 sda3 (2.6.27.21-78.2.41.fc9.i686)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.21-78.2.41.fc9.i686 ro root=/dev/sda3 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.21-78.2.41.fc9.i686.img


title CentOS 5 sda5 (2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plus)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plus ro root=/dev/sda5 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plus.img


title Fedora 9 sdb2 (2.6.27.21-78.2.41.fc9.i686)
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.21-78.2.41.fc9.i686 ro root=/dev/sdb2 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.21-78.2.41.fc9.i686.img


title CentOS 5 sdb3 (2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plus)
root (hd1,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plus ro root=/dev/sdb3 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.centos.plus.img


title 2.6.27-desktoprc8-2mnb
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-desktop-0.rc8.2mnb BOOT_IMAGE=2.6.27-desktoprc8-2mnb root=UUID=d5be9079-a3e8-40c1-a8d8-869e2616fbcd resume=UUID=3c9187f9-2090-439b-8f78-c13c823e394d splash=silent
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.27-desktop-0.rc8.2mnb.img

title desktop 2.6.27.19-1mnb
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb BOOT_IMAGE=desktop_2.6.27.19-1mnb root=UUID=d5be9079-a3e8-40c1-a8d8-869e2616fbcd resume=UUID=3c9187f9-2090-439b-8f78-c13c823e394d splash=silent
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb.img

It would appear that, indeed, splash=silent is one of the boot parameters for the default boot. However, there is no splash, just the verbose scrolling that should go on in the background.
Have I missed something?

Thanks for any help with this. It is NOT a big issue, rather just an annoying quirk.

owa

See the Mandriva Release Notes > Boot Splash System Changed for an explanation.

HTH,

Thanks, Ernie, for the link. I followed the link, read the Mandriva release notes, followed the Splashy link there, and followed the instructions there. No help.
This is my /boot/grub/menu.lst;
sudo cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
timeout 5
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title 2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb BOOT_IMAGE=2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb ro root=/dev/sda6 vga=791 splash
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/sda6 failsafe
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img

title 2.6.27-desktoprc8-2mnb
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-desktop-0.rc8.2mnb BOOT_IMAGE=2.6.27-desktoprc8-2mnb root=UUID=d5be9079-a3e8-40c1-a8d8-869e2616fbcd resume=UUID=3c9187f9-2090-439b-8f78-c13c823e394d splash=silent
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.27-desktop-0.rc8.2mnb.img

title desktop 2.6.27.19-1mnb
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb BOOT_IMAGE=desktop_2.6.27.19-1mnb root=UUID=d5be9079-a3e8-40c1-a8d8-869e2616fbcd resume=UUID=3c9187f9-2090-439b-8f78-c13c823e394d splash=silent
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.27.19-desktop-1mnb.img

This looks like it should give a splashy boot, but it doesn't. Just the verbose scrolling text.

Thanks, though, for the advice.

owa

OK, when I customized my boot splash, I created the theme I wanted in various resolutions as I saw with the default Mandriva theme (but you probably only need to create it in the resolution you plan to use), then I created a theme of the same name in the boot splash utility in MCC then selected it as the boot splash theme that will be used. When I rebooted my system, the splashy theme was used.

I get the impression that splashy is not yet fully integrated into Mandriva, so a bit of "nudging" is required. I first attempted to use the boot splash theme I created in MCC, but no cigar. I then found the splashy information in the release notes, so I set up my theme in splashy. Still no go. It was when I set up a theme in MCC with the same name I gave to my splashy theme that things seemed to work here.

HTH,

Thanks, Ernie. I've dinked around with this more than the problem deserves, actually. I truly don't mind all the verbosity as the machine boots. I just want things to work when it gets there, and this vexing problem has no effect on machine operability at all.
I am convinced, though, that it has to do with Mandriva's handling of the propriatary driver for ATI, loading it well on into the boot process, and the inability to handle the video properly without that driver being loaded. The reason I believe this is that Fedora 9 and Fedora 10 do not experience this, loading rhgb, the RedHat equivalent of splashy, early on, and letting any subsequent video drivers get loaded whenever the kernel is ready for them, as long as they are loaded in time to launch X.
There is probably a way to load this fglrx driver earlier, but, as I've said, it isn't important enough for me to slog through that.
However, if someone has a quick and easy fix for this, I'm all ears.

Thanks,
owa

If that is the trouble, then you will like 2009.1 (Spring). It loads GUI-centric drivers much sooner than any current or past MDV release. Should be available around April 29 (or shortly thereafter).