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).<br><br>We definitely need to look into this issue. Can you file a bug for this under
<a href="http://bugs.debian.org">bugs.debian.org</a> splashy's sources? Just say that splashy initrc script does not work with upstart.<br><br>I'll put that in our TODO file as well.<br><br>I actually "discovered" that yesterday in a fresh installation of Edgy that I have.
<br><br>For your sake, you can have an init script as simple as:<br><br>cat /etc/init.d/splashy<br><br>#!/bin/sh<br><br>/sbin/splashy boot<br><br># EOF<br><br>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.
<br><br>I believe that Splashy checks for this as well.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Philip Rutkowski</b> <<a href="mailto:phil@quietthenloud.net">phil@quietthenloud.net
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi!<br><br>Splashy is compiled statically.<br><br> linux-gate.so.1
=> (0xffffe000)<br> libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf7ee8000)<br> libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7ed5000)<br> libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7eae000)<br>
libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7d7a000)<br> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7f07000)<br><br>/etc/rcS.d/S01splashy is there but it is linked to /etc/init.d/splashy<br>which is an executable shell script.<br><br>
So, I renamed /etc/init.d/splashy to splashy.old. Copied it and renamed<br>it to splashy. Opened it up in gedit and replaced all of the contents with<br><br>cat /etc/rcS.d/S01splashy<br>#!/bin/sh<br># this script starts splash
<br><br>/bin/sh<br># EOF<br><br>I executed it and got a brand new prompt. I typed in /sbin/splashy boot<br>and the default theme popped up. The progressbar was not moving. But I<br>did see the penguin!!! I pressed escape and got out of there.
<br><br>I've been checking the FAQ section and Google for days now. Anything<br>else I can try?<br><br>Here is something else! When I execute /etc/init.d/splashy from a<br>terminal I get this:<br><br><br><br>philip@philip
:~$ /etc/init.d/splashy start<br>Stopping Boot splash manager: splashyphilip@philip:~$<br><br><br>philip@philip:~$ /etc/init.d/splashy stop<br>(Re)generating splash steps for :sed: can't read /etc/inittab: No such<br>
file or directory<br>philip@philip:~$<br><br><br>philip@philip:~$ /etc/init.d/splashy restart<br>(Re)generating splash steps for :sed: can't read /etc/inittab: No such<br>file or directory<br>philip@philip:~$<br><br><br>
philip@philip:~$ /etc/init.d/splashy force-reload<br>(Re)generating splash steps for :sed: can't read /etc/inittab: No such<br>file or directory<br>philip@philip:~$<br><br>Is this normal?!?!?!?<br><br>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP!!!
<br><br>-Phil<br><br>Luigi wrote:<br>> is splashy compiled statically? (hint: ldd /sbin/splashy)<br>> if it is not, do you have /usr mounted from a separate partition? (hint:<br>> mount | grep usr)<br>><br>> I cannot think of any reason why this is not working for you... Did you
<br>> check that /etc/rcS.d/S01splashy is there? is it executable? can you add<br>> an interactive shell before splashy gets started from that script and<br>> execute it manually?<br>><br>> cat /etc/rcS.d/S01splashy
<br>> #!/bin/sh<br>> # this script starts splash<br>><br>> /bin/sh<br>> # EOF<br>><br>> At that point you will be in a shinny #> prompt. Just type<br>> "/sbin/splashy boot". That should at least tell you what the problem is.
<br>><br>> Check the FAQ section in the wiki for more. <a href="http://splashy.alioth.debian.org">http://splashy.alioth.debian.org</a><br>><br>><br>><br>> On 2/25/07, *Philip Rutkowski * <<a href="mailto:phil@quietthenloud.net">
phil@quietthenloud.net</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:phil@quietthenloud.net">phil@quietthenloud.net</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> hi all!<br>><br>> i am running ubuntu 6.10 on amd 64 architecture. i compiled and
<br>> installed splashy 0.2.1 just fine.<br>><br>> i have a problem with the boot up screen. when my computer shuts down or<br>> restarts, splashy does its thing. AND IT DOES IT WELL!!!<br>><br>
> but then when it boots up, it doesn't run! i have no splash images<br>> whatsoever. it's only text! my guess is that grub doesn't know to launch<br>> splashy. does anyone have any ideas? something i could try?
<br>><br>> i set /boot/grub/menu.lst to:<br>><br>> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-generic root=/dev/hda1 ro splash vga=791<br>> quiet<br>><br>> thanks in advance!!!<br>> -phil<br>
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