Mandriva LE2005 Graphical boot
 

Hi Mandriva users.

I have recently installed Mandriva linux LE2005, and everything is going well, execpt for one small promblem.

When I boot my system up, all I get is a screen full of scrolling text messages. Please, how do I get the progress bar with the picture of the penguin as a background?

After bootup, the system works fine, it is just the bootup of the system that is the promblem.

Please help me!!!!!!!!!

Wunny :(

Your LiLo config is probably set at splash=verbose.

Check the "append=" section using:
cat /etc/lilo.conf

change:
splash=verbose
to:
splash=silent

Don't forget to re-run LiLo from root when finished...

KC

Hi,

I installed bootsplashcreens (or similar) in RPMDrake and then set one via control centre, this worked in 10.1

The Monkey

no "splash" heading
 

Thanks for replying kencaz and monkey. But I still have another promblem!

When I went into my lilo.conf file, there was no heading "splash". Here is what the file looked like:

# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

default="linux"
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5"
vga=791
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 devfs=nomount"
read-only

Should I just create the heading "splash", or should I not?
Please help me!!!!!!
Wunny :confused:

If you go into the mandrake control centre, under 'boot', choose graphical boot.

Thanks simcox.

But I've already cheked everything in the control centre, and it is already set to graphical boot.

What should I do?????

From Wunny :scratch:

You should be able to add the line as below:

append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent"

remember to do it in root and re-run /sbin/lilo for it to take effect.

KC

Still does't work
 

Thanks again kencaz.

But I still don't get the graphical start up screen. Here is a copy of my lilo.config file now:

# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

default="linux"
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent"
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5"
vga=791
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 devfs=nomount"
read-only

Please help me!!!!!!!!!!!
From Wunny :confused:

Perhaps try under the Control Center >> Boot Loader >>
Sub heading "Bootloader to use"

Check that it is on "LILO with Graphical Menu"

KC

Yep. I've already cheaked that.
It still does't work

From Wunny

P:(

P.S. Thanks a lot for replying!

Only thing I can say is that maybe the image is not there for lilo to load. Here is were my lilo boot images are located. Yours may be different for LE.

ls -l usr/share/bootsplash/themes/Mandrakelinux/images

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21236 Sep 28 2004 bootsplash-1024x768.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34647 Sep 28 2004 bootsplash-1280x1024.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48925 Sep 28 2004 bootsplash-1600x1200.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14446 Sep 28 2004 bootsplash-800x600.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Mar 14 02:38 silent-1024x768.jpg -> bootsplash-1024x768.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Mar 14 02:38 silent-1280x1024.jpg -> bootsplash-1280x1024.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Mar 14 02:38 silent-1600x1200.jpg -> bootsplash-1600x1200.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Mar 14 02:38 silent-800x600.jpg -> bootsplash-800x600.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16120 Sep 28 2004 vt-1024x768.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26577 Sep 28 2004 vt-1280x1024.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37825 Sep 28 2004 vt-1600x1200.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10377 Sep 28 2004 vt-800x600.jpg

KC

try to add splash=silent to the second append also.
I belive that the append for each image overides the first.

I have never used a "global" append.

/Anders

Thanks KC and Falco for your help.

I first looked to see if the bootsplash images were there, and they were.
I then tried falcos suggestion, but I still don't get the graphical bootup.
Here is a copy of my current lilo.config file if it helps.

# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

default="linux"
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent"
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent"
vga=791
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 devfs=nomount"
read-only

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From Wunnt:cry:

just to be sure

Have you run lilo (or lilo -v) as root after updating lilo.conf?

Perhaps it's something to do with your video card?

Now I've got a GeForce 4 in my PC I can use the graphical boot no problem. Before, I had crappy built-in Intel i810 graphics, and I couldn't get any distro to show a graphical boot.