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Hide boot messages

Posted: 04 Apr 2013, 09:21
by uyduruq
Hello, is it possible to hide messages between Porteus boot options screen and xwindow start-up?
I want to put a wallpaper or anything else like MS Windows during boot.

Re: Hide boot messages

Posted: 04 Apr 2013, 09:23
by uyduruq
May be a cheatcode for this?

Re: Hide boot messages

Posted: 04 Apr 2013, 09:45
by Hamza
It's name is bootsplash and it'll need to recompile the kernel I think. Fanthom should know better.

Re: Hide boot messages

Posted: 04 Apr 2013, 12:11
by fanthom
unfortunately there is not such cheatcode and i have no plans for implement it as it would require a lot of work.

you could try a bootsplash solution mentioned by hamza but it requires patching of the kernel. also - bootsplash makes sense only when you use proprietary drivers (nVidia, amd).
here is a patch and instruction (in polish but should be clear after using google translate) if you want to give it a go:
http://przemek.org/bootsplash.html

good luck!

Re: Hide boot messages

Posted: 04 Apr 2013, 15:32
by uyduruq
It seems this is very expensive to work on it :). Thanks for help.

Re: Hide boot messages

Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 14:20
by cttan
Seems like no patch for kernel 3.7.8

Re: Hide boot messages

Posted: 05 Apr 2013, 16:21
by fanthom
@cttan
3.7.0 patch works ok for 3.7.8.

anyway - just checked and bootsplash is not an option for us since we switched from initrd to initramfs in 2.0.
i have no solution to this problem - sorry.