The presence of /etc/directfbrc in the initramfs makes a difference to this call:
video.dfb->CreateFont (video.dfb, NULL, NULL, &video.font); when there is no /etc/directfbrc it fails with this info: "(!) Direct/Interface Could not open interface directory /usr/lib/directfb-1.0-0/interfaces/IDirectFBFont --> No such file or directory" The directory exists and looks normal (ie during a break=premount to get an initramfs shell) when I /etc/directfbrc containing log-file=/tmp/directfblog then the CreateFont call succeeds with a message about using the default implementation. I suppose the error message about the file or directory not existing is misleading. On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Niels Roest <ni...@directfb.org> wrote: > That's a case of DirectFB magic.. > I don't know any other interesting side effects besides timing; > When you use a log-file it will create a file which might delay startup for > something else critical to complete in time. Alternatively, opening your > console might have failed.. > > Tim Richardson wrote: > >> Debian has a boot splash program called splashy which uses directfb v1 >> Recent changes to splashy cause a start-up failure on my three Debian >> machines. The error occurs in a code that's initialising directfb. The >> recent changes move the initialisation earlier in the startup, to hook into >> premount. >> >> While trying to debug this, I stumbled on a workaround. >> If I create the file >> /etc/directfbrc >> and put this one line in it: >> >> log-file=/tmp/directfblog >> >> then splashy starts successfully. I have no idea why. >> >> The use of /tmp seems to be necessary; /root didn't work. >> I don't actually see any such file /tmp/directbflog when the system >> finishes booting. >> >> I wonder if a directfb developer may be able to connect this workaround to >> a useful insight. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> directfb-dev mailing list >> directfb-dev@directfb.org >> http://mail.directfb.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/directfb-dev >> >> > > > -- > > .------------------------------------------. > | DirectFB - Hardware accelerated graphics | > | http://www.directfb.org/ | > "------------------------------------------" >
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