Using a different slack.bmp image in Lilo
Hi, I want to use a different bmp image in Lilo when the system boots up. What I want to know is how do I get this new image to confirm to the specs as detailed in liloconfig. Or are these specifications only a guideline? Please advise.
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this page helped me...
http://www.yzzerdd.net/index.php?pag...are/bootsplash But I did not compile a new kernel for the verbose/silent splash images...I only changed the slack.bmp. HTH Basically all I did was replace the slack.bmp image with the one from that page and adjusted part of lilo.conf to move the timer count down to the lower left of the screen and to put my operating system choices at the upper right... and then just ran lilo: Quote:
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no wonder, it was created in 2006, where the bootsplash patches were not yet included in the kernel
right now, you can just change the .bmp in /etc/lilo.conf and re-run lilo :D |
Thank you so much! That page was very helpful. :)
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Nice to see people still using Lilo! :D
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i have a wallpaper that i made myself an has now become my gdm, xfce splash an wallpaper.
i used gimp to turn it onto .bmp renamed it to slack.bmp an moved the original elsewhere but when i ran lilo it came up sayin (off memory) something about invalid bit map or words to that effect, any ideas? EDIT: here is the link to the pack i made http://xfce-look.org/content/show.ph...content=128689 either of these pics will work with the standard lilo layout as the "detail" is centred |
I think using the slack.dat provided in lilo's slackbuild source would be helpful.
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i.e. will this muck up my current lilo config etc etc ( i am a former buntu user so used to the "babysitting", lol) |
He He..no problem. I was referring to this file.
I'm not sure you mean liloconfig or lilo.conf; I'm guessing you mean the /etc/lilo.conf file. No, this file is a generated companion file to the slack.bmp that can be found here, and it won't alter your lilo.conf. It'd really help you , if you were to go to the link provided aocab, in his earlier post. |
so how would i use this as it looks like a sample of the lilo config (to me anyway)
here is my current lilo config Quote:
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You can use the "lilo -E" command on your image file to adjust it's color,table and timer variables.
EDIT: I mentioned the slack.dat so that it might serve as a reference. It is generated when you run the "lilo -E filename.bmp" command. |
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ah cool, as the post above this mentions bit depth etc the image does have rgb on it (well thats what comes up in the title bar on gimp lol) i will give this command a go now an reboot to see if its worked an report back, thanks people EDIT: ran the command (whilst the image was in my pictures folder) an it said "bash: lilo: command not found" |
ah the command is /sbin/lilo -E FILENAME* but now it give me some options to which i am noobishly unsure:
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i went for broke and just write then yes for the next two questions and it still returns with "fatal unsupported bitmap", if there are any gimp masters (wow that sounds a lil wierd) that could give me info an how to make it supported with gimp that may make this easier, i know some of you could prob do it for me but thats not the point i need to learn lol thanks again in advance |
What does Gimp say about your bmp? Dimensions, depth etc..
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