"David R. Litwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Before I go any further, yes, I need bootsplash: My computer is dual-boot and > the other user insists on A: Using Windows and B: Shutting Down every Evening. > In addition, I shall be getting a lap-top soon. (By the bye, why doesn't > Debian have Bootsplash as a standard?) > > I know I need to compile a kernel (which I can do with synaptic and > kernel-package) and then patch it. > > I do not know how. > > I have skimmed through a HOWTO or three. However, they aren't quite answering > my questions. So, allow me to elaborate, if you will. > > Firstly, I need to get linux-source-2.6.12 from the Debian archives (with > Synaptic, in my case). Do I need linux-patch-debian-2.6.12 or > linux-tree-2.6.12?
I find it easiest to just grab the vanilla sources straight from kernel.org. The Debian ones tend to be crippled and patched, which makes it a pain to apply new patches. Basically, the steps are: 1. Download the kernel source 2. Extract it to /usr/src, or wherever you'd prefer 3. Download the bootsplash patch from http://www.bootsplash.de/files/ 4. 'cd' into the extracted kernel source directory and run 'patch -p1 /path/to/bootsplash.diff' 5. Run 'make menuconfig', customize as needed, and be sure to set CONFIG_BOOTSPLASH=y 6. Run 'make-kpkg kernel_image'. See /usr/share/doc/kernel-packages for lots more info. 7. Use 'dpkg -i' to install the newly build kernel package > Next, I need use kernel-package. How do I do this? What of menuconfig or some > such thing? Must I 'do' this as well? > > There is also the matter of Patching. When and how do I do this so that I will > have Bootsplash? There is an entry for Sources.list, so I can acquire that > which I need from the Bootsplash web-site. But, what do I need? How do I > implement this? Add to the /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://debian.bootsplash.de unstable main And then install: bootsplash bootsplash-theme-whatever And probably sysv-rc-bootsplash if you want a working progress bar. It looks like they also have some packages for apply the kernel patch, but I've never bothered with those. I think that's about it... -- Society is never going to make any progress until we all learn to pretend to like each other. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
