[Splashy-devel] Re: [Splashy-users] splashy shows shutdown screen but not the boot up screen

[Luigi]

Ah, i see... in Edgy/Feisty (Ubuntu) there is no /etc/inittab file now...
This is because everything is done from /etc/events.d (upstart events).

We definitely need to look into this issue. Can you file a bug for this
under bugs.debian.org splashy's sources? Just say that splashy initrc script
does not work with upstart.

I'll put that in our TODO file as well.

I actually "discovered" that yesterday in a fresh installation of Edgy that
I have.

For your sake, you can have an init script as simple as:

cat /etc/init.d/splashy

#!/bin/sh

/sbin/splashy boot

# EOF

The only problem with this script is that it will be launched when the
system boots in single-user-mode (recovery). We would need to write
something that uses "runlevel" or a similar command, to figure out in what
runlevel we are.

I believe that Splashy checks for this as well.

On 2/25/07, Philip Rutkowski <phil at quietthenloud.net> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Splashy is compiled statically.
>
>          linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>          libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf7ee8000)
>          libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7ed5000)
>          libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7eae000)
>          libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7d7a000)
>          /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7f07000)
>
> /etc/rcS.d/S01splashy is there but it is linked to /etc/init.d/splashy
> which is an executable shell script.
>
> So, I renamed /etc/init.d/splashy to splashy.old. Copied it and renamed
> it to splashy. Opened it up in gedit and replaced all of the contents with
>
> cat /etc/rcS.d/S01splashy
> #!/bin/sh
> # this script starts splash
>
> /bin/sh
> # EOF
>
> I executed it and got a brand new prompt. I typed in /sbin/splashy boot
> and the default theme popped up. The progressbar was not moving. But I
> did see the penguin!!! I pressed escape and got out of there.
>
> I've been checking the FAQ section and Google for days now. Anything
> else I can try?
>
> Here is something else! When I execute /etc/init.d/splashy from a
> terminal I get this:
>
>
>
> philip at philip:~$ /etc/init.d/splashy start
> Stopping Boot splash manager: splashyphilip at philip:~$
>
>
> philip at philip:~$ /etc/init.d/splashy stop
> (Re)generating splash steps for :sed: can't read /etc/inittab: No such
> file or directory
> philip at philip:~$
>
>
> philip at philip:~$ /etc/init.d/splashy restart
> (Re)generating splash steps for :sed: can't read /etc/inittab: No such
> file or directory
> philip at philip:~$
>
>
> philip at philip:~$ /etc/init.d/splashy force-reload
> (Re)generating splash steps for :sed: can't read /etc/inittab: No such
> file or directory
> philip at philip:~$
>
> Is this normal?!?!?!?
>
> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!!
>
> -Phil
>
> Luigi wrote:
> > is splashy compiled statically? (hint: ldd /sbin/splashy)
> > if it is not, do you have /usr mounted from a separate partition? (hint:
> > mount | grep usr)
> >
> > I cannot think of any reason why this is not working for you... Did you
> > check that /etc/rcS.d/S01splashy is there? is it executable? can you add
> > an interactive shell before splashy gets started from that script and
> > execute it manually?
> >
> > cat /etc/rcS.d/S01splashy
> > #!/bin/sh
> > # this script starts splash
> >
> > /bin/sh
> > # EOF
> >
> > At that point you will be in a shinny #> prompt. Just type
> > "/sbin/splashy boot". That should at least tell you what the problem is.
> >
> > Check the FAQ section in the wiki for more.
> http://splashy.alioth.debian.org
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/25/07, *Philip Rutkowski * <phil at quietthenloud.net
> > <mailto:phil at quietthenloud.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     hi all!
> >
> >     i am running ubuntu 6.10 on amd 64 architecture. i compiled and
> >     installed splashy 0.2.1 just fine.
> >
> >     i have a problem with the boot up screen. when my computer shuts
> down or
> >     restarts, splashy does its thing. AND IT DOES IT WELL!!!
> >
> >     but then when it boots up, it doesn't run! i have no splash images
> >     whatsoever. it's only text! my guess is that grub doesn't know to
> launch
> >     splashy. does anyone have any ideas? something i could try?
> >
> >     i set /boot/grub/menu.lst to:
> >
> >     kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-generic root=/dev/hda1 ro splash
> vga=791
> >     quiet
> >
> >     thanks in advance!!!
> >     -phil
> >
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> >
> >
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> > Luis Mondesi
> > *NIX Guru
> >
> > "Feliz el hombre que ha hallado sabiduria y el hombre que consigue
> > discernimiento, porque el tenerla como ganancia es mejor que tener la
> > plata como ganancia; y el tenerla como producto, [mejor] que el oro
> > mismo" (Prov 3:13-14).
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Luis Mondesi
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"Feliz el hombre que ha hallado sabiduria y el hombre que consigue
discernimiento, porque el tenerla como ganancia es mejor que tener la plata
como ganancia; y el tenerla como producto, [mejor] que el oro mismo" (Prov
3:13-14).

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