[Debsplash-devel] Re: usplash and debian

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 15:13 +0100, Matthieu HELLEBOID wrote:
> Ok i have the debs for debian, are you interested ?

Yes we are ^__^
please send me them by mail if you want
> 
> I had some problems during debuild of usplash (not libraries)
> 
> * First at compile 
> /bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link g++-3.4  -g -O2  -o usplash  -l++dfb
> usplash.o
> libtool: link: unable to infer tagged configuration
> libtool: link: specify a tag with `--tag'
> make[3]: *** [usplash] Erreur 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/bootsplash/splash/src'
> make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/bootsplash/splash'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive-am] Erreur 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/bootsplash/splash'
> make: *** [build-stamp] Erreur 2
> debuild: fatal error at line 764:
> dpkg-buildpackage failed!
> 
> i "fixed" it with 
> /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=cxx --mode=link g++-3.4  -g -O2  -o usplash
> -l++dfb 
> usplash.o 
> fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -b -nc

Strange.. i had not this problem...
> 
> * Second problem 
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 
> 644 ./images/background.jpg /usr/src/bootsplash/splash/debian/usplash//etc/usplash/images/background.jpg
> 
> i think it should not be /etc/usplash/images/background.jpg 
> but /etc/usplash/background.jpg
> 
> i added mkdir -p $(CURDIR)/debian/usplash/etc/usplash/images in
> debian/rules 
> to "workaround" the problem and moved the files after the install

Strange.. since the image is handle like a binary data. It should be
placed $(CURDIR)/debian/usplash during package building process. In fact
it works ok here... i'll investigate. Where did you change it?
> 
> * Third problem in /etc/init.d/usplash
> 
> log_begin_msg and log_end_msg are not found on my system (Debian
> testing)

Change them with "echo"
> 
> 
> After that, it's working on my Geforce2 Gts !!

Awesome!
btw, there is a hight working around now about usplash, for example now
(revision 28) is capable of exit when F2 is pressed :-)
> 
> But can i suggest a little note about console=tty1 vga=xxx because i
> forget 
> it :-)

We are working to implement all the possible resolutions.