[Splashy-users] Verbose mode

[Luis Mondesi]

Hello

On 4/26/07, Darwin Bautista <djclue917 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been able to build and use Splashy successfully in Arch Linux.
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=10211



Great news

Almost everything works except for one little thing... Verbose mode.
> How do I actually switch to verbose mode and back? Is this handled by
> Splashy natively or does this require some sort of script? I've tried
> hitting the F2 and the ESC keys but they just don't work.



Make sure that the theme you are using has verbose mode enabled
/etc/splashy/themes/NAME/theme.xml

Also, when I call "splashy_update exit" when some init script fails,
> Splashy does really terminate. However, how do I "clear" Splashy from
> the screen so that I can see what's happening in the background.



splashy_update exit should do that for you. Splashy should be running on
tty8 or higher, and nothing should be really going on on that tty.

Another thing... Are the "things" we see on the top of the screen
> normal (known issue)? To make my statement clearer, I'll quote a
> comment from the AUR page:
>
> "when I boot my pc and start kdm, I see lines in the top of the
> screen. When I restart kdm, the lines disappear."



This might happen if  X starts while Splashy is running. Make sure that the
progressbar of Splashy reaches 100% (and exits) before any X program starts
(kdm, gdm, startx). I believe that's now in /lib/splashy/rw or so. Make sure
the steps are correct.

Hope that helps.


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