Bootsplash on Debian Sid
First of all I normally don't care much about eye candy stuff, but recently my girlfriend told me that she found it quite boring to see the boot log scrolling by. Because I have never set up a boot splash before, I gave it a try.
Patching the kernel
First of all we need to patch our kernel, the patches can be found on bootsplash.org or bootsplash.de. They can be applied as usual.
cd /usr/src/linux;
patch -Np1 -i bootsplash.diff
Configuring the kernel
Afterwards we can configure our kernel with make menuconfig. The following options should be compiled in.
Code maturity level options --->
[*] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers
Processor type and features --->
[*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support
Device Drivers --->
Block devices --->
<*> Loopback device support
<*> RAM disk support
(4096) Default RAM disk size
[*] Initial RAM disk (initrd) support
Graphics support --->
[*] Support for frame buffer devices
[*] VESA VGA graphics support
Console display driver support --->
[*] Video mode selection support
<*> Framebuffer Console support
Bootsplash configuration --->
[*] Bootup splash screen
Userspace modifications
Next we have to set up some user space tools, to accomplish this we add 2 temporary lines to our sources.list
cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list << "EOF"
deb http://debian.bootsplash.de unstable main
deb-src http://debian.bootsplash.de unstable main
EOFNow we are ready to install a the needed packages.
apt-get install bootsplash sysv-rc-bootsplash
Normally debconf should ask you a few questions and create a initrd.splash. However, if this doesn't happen, you can do it manually.
splash -s -f /etc/bootsplash/themes/default/config/bootsplash-1024x768.cfg > /boot/initrd.splash
Adjusting the boot loader
The last step is to adjust our boot loader configuration. Here are the relevant entries from my /boot/grub/menu.lst
title Debian GNU/Linux Sid / 2.6.13 splash
root(hd0,0)
kernel /linux-2.6.13-splash vga=791 splash=silent
initrd /initrd.splashEnjoy your boot splash.
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