Bug#410438: [Splashy-devel] Bug#410438: splashy: Similar corruption

[Luis Mondesi]

On 4/23/07, Benjamin Eikel <debian at eikel.org> wrote:
>
> Package: splashy
> Version: 0.3.2
> Followup-For: Bug #410438
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a similar corruption with kdm. I see a blinking magenta underscore
> with black background when the X server/kdm is started.
> This stays even after logging in to a KDE session. Switching to a terminal
> with ALT + F[1-4] and back to the X session removes the corruption.
> I have this problem on my laptop (ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with radeon
> driver) and on desktop (ATI Radeon 9800SE with radeon or fglrx
> driver).
> When I cancel splashy during boot with ESC, the corruption does not occur.
>
> Regards,
> Benjamin Eikel



Are you using Splashy from initramfs?

Splashy should exit before X starts, be it started by kdm/gdm/xdm or any
other method. Ensure that the progress steps are doing the right thing by
reading the step file.

Regards,

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Luis Mondesi
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