[Splashy-users] Issue with Splashy install on Lenny - resolved - hope this helps others

[Kushal Koolwal]

Thanks Luis! I think now I understand what you are trying to say.

Kushal Koolwal

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> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:20:12 -0500
> From: lemsx1 at gmail.com
> To: kushalkoolwal at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Splashy-users] Issue with Splashy install on Lenny - resolved - hope this helps others
> CC: splashy-users at lists.alioth.debian.org; mike at mikekelland.com
> 
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Kushal Koolwal
> <kushalkoolwal at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  And how do you use splashy from initramfs? Do we have to make any changes
> > to the default setting of splashy once we installed it?
> 
> When you install Splashy from a debian package, it will automatically
> do everything it needs to be included in initrd.img the next time you
> run: update-initramfs -u
> 
> > Also I am not using initrd image during boot. Not sure if that has to do
> > anything with initramfs.
> 
> If you are not using initrd, then this does not apply to you.
> initramfs is just another format for initrd. One that uses a
> compress-RAM format to run from a RAM disk without really
> uncompressing first (check cramfs and others on wikipedia).
> 
> Then in that case, there is nothing wrong in having Splashy startup
> from /etc/rcS.d/S*splashy. If Splashy interferes with udev or any
> other script, simply move the symbolic link so that Splashy starts
> after this service. Use ls to sort the files so you can see the order
> that the scripts are executed.
> 
> cd /etc/rcS.d/
> ls S*
> S02splashy ??
> S03udev
> 
> Then you must rename S02splashy to S04splashy or something like that.
> 
> The later Splashy starts, the more risk of seeing text during boot
> that you will have. If this does not bother you, then go for it.
> 
> -- 
> ----)(-----
> Luis Mondesi
> Maestro Debiano
> 
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