[Debsplash-devel] how to install debsplash guide

[Luis M]

This is wrong, see my comments below...
And the current debsplash-* packages are outdated. I will update them
during the weekend. (or you can recompile from alioth's CVS).

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:18:28 +0100, website <website_debian@tiscali.it> wrote:
> i've done a draft of a guide for install debsplash, please read it and say if
> it is good
> 
> ps: the package sysv-rc-debsplash is not ready yet and it is not included in
> the guide.
> 
> -----------Begin-------------------
> How to install debsplash on your system.
> 
> 1) Go to :
>  http://www.latinomixed.com/downloads/debian-embelisher/deb/
>  or
>  http://81.113.230.186/kalatlug/Projects/debsplash/
> 
> 2) Download these files:
>  debsplash-utils_0.1-12_i386.deb
>  kernel-image-2.6.10-fbs-2_1.0_i386.deb

No need for the headers file:

>  kernel-headers-2.6.10-fbs-2_1.0_i386.deb

Themes do the generation of the right files automatically (.cpio.gz files)

>  debsplash-themes_0.1-12_i386.deb
> 
> debsplash-utils contains the main package of the project
> kernel-image and kernel-headers are a kernel image and a kernel headers
> compatible with debsplash. To use debsplash you need to have a kernel patched
> with fbsplash patch.
> debsplash-themes contains a set of themes for debsplash they are fully
> compatible with gentoo's gensplash.
> 
> 3) install all the files that you have downloadaded.
> 

There is no need to do this step:
> 4) do this command
>  # splash_geninitramfs -v -g /boot/debsplash -r 1024x768
> name_of_the_theme_that_you_want
> 

To configure grub they just have to read the README file in
/usr/share/doc/*package*
> 5) configure your grub/lilo as:
> 
> For grub:
>  # cd /boot/grub
> 
> Edit menu.lst, find the entry for your kernel, and put
> 'splash=silent,theme:theme_that_you_want'
> onto the kernel command line. You should get something like this:
> 
>     title Linux (g-d-s 2.6.8.1)
>         root (hd0,4)
>         kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda1
>  splash=silent,theme:emergence
>         initrd /boot/debsplash
> 

Lilo is nice to have in the README file, can you add this?

> For lilo:
> edit /etc/lilo.conf as root
> find the entry for your kernel and add
> append="splash=silent,theme:name_of_the_theme"
> You should get something like this:
> 
> image=/vmlinuz
>         label=Linux
>         append="splash=silent,theme:newlinux"
>         vga=791
>         initrd=/initrd.img
>         read-only
> 
> Now do: #lilo
> 
> 6) enjoy using debsplash
> 
> --
> website
> 
> 
> 


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