[Splashy-users] Verbose mode

[Darwin Bautista]

Please do not mind my first post. It seems that it's not an issue with
verbose mode after all.

The problems that I encounter are due to Splashy running from
initramfs. I did a quick hack and made Splashy run "normally" after
the filesystems are mounted. I noticed that everything went fine--no
problems or whatsoever encountered; verbose mode works fine; no lines
on top of the screen, etc.

Here's my new query:
What are the prerequisites for running Splashy from initramfs? I don't
know what I'm missing here because I don't know the internals of
Splashy.

(BTW, FYI, Splashy is compiled statically.)

* Does Splashy need some DirectFB libs or any other libs to be
included in the initramfs image too?
* Would Splashy work even if it "cannot find" or doesn't have rw
access to its fifo file? (I'm just making sure that the progress bar
scrolling/printing of text wouldn't work if the fifo file isn't
accessible by Splashy.)


On 4/27/07, Luis Mondesi <lemsx1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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> Luis Mondesi
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>
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Darwin M. Bautista
BS Electronics and Communications Engineering
University of the Philippines Diliman
http://www.darwin.uk.to

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