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Old 02-16-2012, 07:04 AM   #1
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howto Lilo set countdown timer and change picture?


Hey want to change the countdown time and the wallpaper, so I have change my etc/lilo.conf to:
Code:
# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
# Append any additional kernel parameters:
append=" vt.default_utf8=0"
boot = /dev/sda

# Boot BMP Image.
# Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
#  bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
   bitmap = /boot/linuxG.jpg
# Menu colors (foreground, background, shadow, highlighted
# foreground, highlighted background, highlighted shadow):
  bmp-colors = 255,0,255,0,255,0
# Location of the option table: location x, location y, number of
# columns, lines per column (max 15), "spill" (this is how many
# entries must be in the first column before the next begins to
# be used.  We don't specify it here, as there's just one column.
  bmp-table = 60,6,1,16
# Timer location x, timer location y, foreground color,
# background color, shadow color.
  bmp-timer = 65,27,0,255

# Standard menu.
# Or, you can comment out the bitmap menu above and 
# use a boot message with the standard menu:
#message = /boot/boot_message.txt

# Wait until the timeout to boot (if commented out, boot the
# first entry immediately):
prompt
# Timeout before the first entry boots.
# This is given in tenths of a second, so 600 for every minute:
timeout = 600
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
  reset
# Normal VGA console
vga = normal
# Ask for video mode at boot (time out to normal in 30s)
#vga = ask
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
#vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
#vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
#vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
#vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
#vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
#vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
#vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
#vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
#vga=769
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/sda1
  label = Linux
  read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
So I have change boot time to: timeout = 600
And Wallpaper to: bitmap = /boot/linuxG.jpg

But when rebooting nothings happening ?

I am running SlackWare x86 13.37
 
Old 02-16-2012, 08:26 PM   #2
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I found two links stating two different ways. Have no desire to test them myself, so here they are:

http://www.13thfloor.at/old/Software...plash/Example/

http://princessleia.com/liloSplash.php
 
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Old 02-17-2012, 01:19 PM   #3
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Thanks man, found the error now I just need to find a f...... bmp which meats the requirements
 
Old 02-19-2012, 09:37 PM   #4
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running the command "lilo" after editing the Lilo.conf file?
 
Old 02-21-2012, 02:19 PM   #5
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Yearh I didn't know the lilo command even existed though I had tried to find it
 
Old 02-21-2012, 05:26 PM   #6
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Well the changes you make in your lilo.conf file won't take effect until "lilo" is run.
 
  


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