[Debsplash-devel] Re: usplash

[Vincenzo Ampolo]

On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 13:41 +0100, Vidar Hauglien wrote:
> Hi, when booting, the progressbar goes about 60 - 70%, then it goes to
> verbose mode and output this error:
> 
> t_kernel_font: invalid argument                   [Fail]
> 
> i tried to uninstall the package, and then i didn't get the error. But
> when i installed it again, i got the same error. 
It's normal that when usplash reads "fail" it goes in verbose mode, so
it seems not be a real "usplash bug" but a problem with libraries or
maybe a problem with framebuffer device

Uhm... If you have time to spend on this, pleas do:

Try to set "vga=792" (without quotes) at /boot/grub/menu.lst at "kernel"
line, an you will get something like this:
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-5-686 root=/dev/hda2 ro quiet
splash vga=792

Than say me if you get errors.

If you don't get errors please install the libdirectfb and lib++dfb libs
(from http://kalatlug.nanofreesoft.org/Projects/usplash/libraries/ ) and
then (with vga=792 in menu.lst file already set) try to boot.

Thanks...
> 
> Nice work btw. 

Thanks

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