How to add bootsplash to remastered Puppy 2.11?

[ahkunchan]

Hi,
I'm a newbie over here.
I would like to remaster my own Puppy 2.11 with bootsplash support, but I met problem now.
I did the following thing with Puppy 2.11 live CD.
#Download the devx_211.sfs,
#Download bootsplash patch and utility (3.0.7)
#Downlaod Puppy's 2.6.16.7 kernel source
#Then patch the kernel to o have bootsplah support and rebuild the kernel.
But I have no idea to do next steps.
Could anybody here help me? Thanks.

Additional question, I found the screen becames black after booting the Puppy LiveCD with "vga=xxx" option. Any idea?

Thanks in advance!!

Ahkun~

[Pizzasgood]

Puppy doesn't come with fbcon compiled into the kernel. That means you have to install and modprobe it before you can see any console text, or compile it into the kernel. It's in Barry's all_modules package here: http://www.puppyos.com/test/

I also have been working on a boot-splash, but I made it so I don't need to recompile the kernel. It also won't be near as fancy as BootSplash though. At least not at first. Right now it doesn't have animation or the option to switch to text, let alone split-screens. I call it Pebble, and it's in the Cutting-Edge forum.

Support for BootSplash would be excellent though.

[ahkunchan]

Thanks, Pizzasgood.
I've tried to your past post.
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=11397
I ran the splash-alpha-2.pup to patch the initrd.gz and re-burn the ISO image.
And I can see the /etc/bootimg.jpg during the system boots up.

But, I met the problem you said that we have to type "startx" to enter X window manaully.

Is there any workaround?
Is it workable to add the "startx" command into /etc/rc.local? I'll try it later.

Thanks.

[ahkunchan]

Update!
My OS is puppy 2.02 + pebble-0.1-BETA.pup.

I added "/usr/X11R6/bin/startx" into linuxrc of initrd.gz during running the pebble-0.1-BETA.pup.
Then I can boot into X directly.

Additional question, can I load lots jpg file during the system boots up?
Thanks a lot.

BRs,
Ahkun

[Pizzasgood]

You can replace /etc/bootimg.jpg in the initrd.gz file with any jpg image. The shutdown image is in the normal filesystem, at /etc/shutdownimg.jpg. You can use other resolutions also if you change the vga= option to the right number.