Getting the silent=splash to work?

Getting the silent=splash to work?

[BandiPat]

Ok, grub2 devs, I can't figure this out.  The splash screen that covers 
the scrolling text when booting up, no longer works!  I've tried several 
different things, but have not run across a solution yet.  What's the 
trick?  Another user mentioned I should use linux16 rather than linux, 
but that gives me an error when I try it.  Grub2 tells me I need to load 
a kernel first.  I am running a 32-bit Linux on a 64-bit machine.  When 
I tried to run the memory test, it gave me an error that I had to use 
linux16 for it, which indeed did work!

Here is a section from my grub.cfg:
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Zenwalk 6.0 GNU/Linux" {
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --fs-uuid --set 82d81803-e0a2-487d-9c83-ec6d8d35cf2a
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro resume=/dev/sda4 splash=silent 
vga=794 (this is all one line, the email wrapped it)
	initrd	/boot/initrd.splash
}

The vga=794 seems to be working to give me the correct resolution, but 
with the scrolling text, not the silent splash.  Any help with this 
small anomaly would be greatly appreciated.  I am using svn2130, but 
this problem started after svn2031.

Thanks,
Pat


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Re: Getting the silent=splash to work?

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Montag, den 20.04.2009, 16:53 -0400 schrieb BandiPat:
> Ok, grub2 devs, I can't figure this out.  The splash screen that covers 
> the scrolling text when booting up, no longer works!  I've tried several 
> different things, but have not run across a solution yet.  What's the 
> trick?  Another user mentioned I should use linux16 rather than linux, 
> but that gives me an error when I try it.  Grub2 tells me I need to load 
> a kernel first.  I am running a 32-bit Linux on a 64-bit machine.  When 
> I tried to run the memory test, it gave me an error that I had to use 
> linux16 for it, which indeed did work!
> 

If you want to use the old linux loader with linux16 then you need to
use initrd16 too for the initrd.
-- 
Felix Zielcke

Re: Getting the silent=splash to work?

[BandiPat]

Felix Zielcke wrote:
> Am Montag, den 20.04.2009, 16:53 -0400 schrieb BandiPat:
>> Ok, grub2 devs, I can't figure this out.  The splash screen that covers 
>> the scrolling text when booting up, no longer works!  I've tried several 
>> different things, but have not run across a solution yet.  What's the 
>> trick?  Another user mentioned I should use linux16 rather than linux, 
>> but that gives me an error when I try it.  Grub2 tells me I need to load 
>> a kernel first.  I am running a 32-bit Linux on a 64-bit machine.  When 
>> I tried to run the memory test, it gave me an error that I had to use 
>> linux16 for it, which indeed did work!
>>
> 
> If you want to use the old linux loader with linux16 then you need to
> use initrd16 too for the initrd.
========
Thanks Felix, this fix does work.  I guess I don't fully understand what 
is going on, but certainly some changes have occurred with the two, 
linux16 & linux.  Will linux work again in the future or is that 
reserved for 64 bit or above?  I mean linux works, but just blocks the 
splash screen.  Is it a matter of the splash screen setup needing a 
change?  See, I think I'm confusing things because I don't understand 
what's going on with all that.

Anyway thanks,
Pat