Hi!
As the subject of this thread I would like to have the mandrake screen instead of the text boot sequence, I have Mandrake 9.0 running on a Pentium 233 MMX, Video Card Trident TGUI9660, Monitor Packard Bell 1512SL, resolution 800x600.

The last time I used Mandrake was in Costa Rica, in a different computer, the version was 8.2, I remember that once I was able to change the boot process, instead of having the text sequence I was able to have a nice screen. I tried changing the options under the boot section selection LILO Graphical as the boot loader, tried several changes but none of them worked.

Is there any option for me to obtain that or is because of my video card or the computer itself.

I know is a little bit of lazyness but I woul love to have my computer looking much prettyer than now.

All help will be more than welcome.

What is the 'mandrake screen' your talking about? Do you mean the splash screen you get when using Grub as the boot loader?

Maybe it's obvious, i've just never used Mandrake before.

Do you have the bootsplash packet installed?

If it installed check that your /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash has the following set:
SPLASH=auto

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Ok in order to explain my self a little bit more here I go: the screen Im talking about is the one that is right after the bootsplash that gives you the options "Linux Failsafe Floppy", and goes all the way until the X server starts and log you into the system, in other words, is a screen that remains permanently while the system is booting up.

I checked the /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash and it is set to SPLASH=AUTO.

I dont know if there is another way for me to get that screen, once again I appreciate any help.

I think it was specific to either 8.0, 1 or 8.2 But I do remember the screen. You could either have it just display a nice image, or show a few cool icons while it booted up, along with mouse capabilities, or even show off the side of the screen, a short list of things as they got started.

Yeah, I remember that, but I think it went away with 9.0

Aurora comes to mind...

Cool

Sorry to disagree MasterC but I'm using Mandrae 9.0 and I have that nice screen. It was installed default on my system though I've installed all of the KDE packets. Perhaps you should search on the tldp.org how-to's they are kind of great.

Anyway, in MDK9.0 that screen displays the whole boot secuence but in a User Friendly way. I am sure it can be customized.

May I ask why do you want that ugly screen??? I miss the old fashined text with green OK and red FAILED... and the loveley light blue Mandrake at the begginign of the service loading part of the boot secuence.

Sorry this post wasn't any helpfull.

PS: Are you using KDE3.0 as your graphical environment???


By the way... I have it installed by default and have absolutley no clue of how to disable it...

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Oh that's ok, it makes for good discussion

I have that nice screen as well, but I think what this person is referring to is actually not seeing any of the starting sequences, but rather simply nice icons, and a drab background (maybe mauve?).

I might be wrong, but I don't think it's the same thing as it was in the previous release (0,1,or 8.2) where you could pick the icon screen, or the colorful list screen (which is "probably" what you are seeing now).

Cool

OK... then ther is a way of installing it... you will just need to recompile the software that ran on 8.2 so that the 9.0 kernel could handle it... it isn't so hard (ut of my reach, but not hard)

I see what you mean... I still can't understand why he would like to get rid of the lines... it is information... not very usefull but it is information.... you should never limit harmless information to your users...

It isn't any faster.... and you can't tel if the system is not responding (there are certain services that take longer than others to load)

I really agree with that now, but back when I did run my system that way, it wouldn't have mattered if the system stopped responding, or posted up an error message, I would have had no way of knowing what to do anyway.

So yes, I do agree, showing those loading lines ARE a good thing, but I do understand why one would not want to see them, and see a few cool icons instead. Another addition, if this user has an perfect running system, and never does anything but surf the web and check emails, then that'd probably be fine to have since no system conf files are gonna change anytime soon anyway.

Cool

A guy have made a another version of the bootspalsh, but it's a little different of the original. Instead of icons it shows the stuff from text bootup (like masterc descripes) but it dows it on top of an image. You can get it here:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=2490

The installsplash.sh file is for mandrake 8.2. I have modified it too work for 9.0, that one you can get here:

http://www.aliensub.dk/installsplash.sh.

It's really easy too use, and you can use any image you want.

Woops wrong link, this one is right:

http://www.aliensub.dk/bootup.html

Hi again!

Yes that is the default desktop environment.

How can u do that, is there a specific way to do it or are there sites somewhere were u can get the procedures?

In the other hand, under Mandrake 8.2 the nice screen also was desplaying the text sequence, if Im not wrong the image was in the background and the system looked a lot more pro with that good looking image.

I was thinking of a way to put it there, since the lilo graphical screen shows up while starts, then the text lines makes it desapear, I was wondering if there is a file that is linked to the lilo after it is gone and if I can put the theme there so it remains until the X server comes along.

Thanks again for any help

Thta exactly what this one do. http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=2490

Thanks for the link, will test it right way and will let you know.

Ok... I was kidding about the recompiling... but it can be done.... I'm sure of that... you'll just have to surf the net a while. and learn programming.... or find an expert and become friends...


I don't like 3rd party software and i don't think that it should look pro... however... there is nothing that looks more pro than a beautiful black screen with a windows XP logo... (he he) or perhaps a few lines describing what the hell is going on with your system...

try reading the /etc/lilo.conf I am not on linux now but I don't believe that the splash Windows is a lilo feature. I think it is more like a kernel option... if that's the case the recompiling the kernel or replacing the background default image with your own could help...

I think the icons they mentioned appear only at the KDE start... when loading some modules... am i wrong (probably)

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