Bug 104596

Summary:	No boot splash after update to 10.0 beta1
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Christian Boltz <suse-beta>
Component:	Basesystem	Assignee:	Hannes Reinecke <hare>
Status:	VERIFIED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Enhancement
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	hare
Version:	Beta 1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
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Description Christian Boltz 2005-08-14 14:02:57 UTC

After updating to 10.0 beta1, I don't have a boot splash. Instead I see a 
message "bootsplash: no good signature found". 
 
I had a similar issue after a 9.3 kernel update already - I had to run 
mkinitrd -s 1400x1050  and I expect this will work on 10.0 also (didn't test 
yet). 
 
Is there a way to have a working bootsplash automatically? ;-)

Comment 1 Dr. Werner Fink 2005-08-16 09:21:45 UTC

IMHO this is an enhancment

Comment 2 Michael Schröder 2005-08-16 10:08:09 UTC

I don't understand this. Isn't mkinitrd automatically run after the kernel 
update? Maybe the automatic resolution detection does not work, do you really 
need the "-s 1400x1050"? Anyway, as this is a mkinitrd problem I'm reassigning 
this to the mkinitrd maintainer. Maybe he has some more ideas...

Comment 3 Andreas Gruenbacher 2005-08-16 13:56:18 UTC

We would need the trace (serial console) of booting with the "linuxrc=trace" 
boot loader option, please.

Comment 4 Christian Boltz 2005-08-16 22:35:13 UTC

Could you please explain what you need a bit more detailed? 
 
I shall use the boot option   linuxrc=trace   - no problem so far. 
 
In the installed system? 
Or shall I boot the installation DVD? 
 
Is the trace written to boot.msg? 
Or is there another way to capture it? 
 
 
However, I think the problem is mkinitrd which seems not to be able to 
determinate the screen size on my system (Acer TravelMate 803 laptop 
(1400x1050) + external screen (1280x1024)). 
 
At least in 9.3, I needed "-s 1400x1050". I didn't have the time to test it in 
10.0 beta yet.

Comment 5 Christoph Thiel 2005-08-27 23:13:07 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 113573 ***