Bug 5138 - disabling bootsplash in /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash is not respected
Summary: disabling bootsplash in /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash is not respected
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: All Packagers
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Reported: 2012-03-27 19:04 CEST by David Walser
Modified: 2016-10-11 22:53 CEST (History)
5 users (show)

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Source RPM: bootsplash-3.3.7-1.mga2.src.rpm
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OpenMandriva's make-boot-splash-raw (2.38 KB, text/plain)
2016-01-14 01:10 CET, David Walser 		Details
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Description David Walser 2012-03-27 19:04:59 CEST 
It used to be that if SPLASH=no was set in /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash, when mkinitrd was run it would not include the graphical boot stuff that covers the boot messages into the initrd.  Now the correct way to disable it is to remove "splash" from the kernel command line in the grub or lilo config.  The bootsplash sysconfig and README files should be updated to reflect this.
Manuel Hiebel 2012-03-29 15:06:27 CEST

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:10:15 CEST 
Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

David Walser 2012-06-13 23:47:44 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Comment 2 David Walser 2013-08-13 23:36:15 CEST 
Still valid.

CC: (none) => anssi.hannula, mageia

Comment 3 David Walser 2014-01-23 19:04:47 CET 
I'm not familiar with how bootsplash works, but it would be nice if someone who knows could update the /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash and /usr/share/doc/bootsplash/README files.  At the very least, the mention of SPLASH=no should be removed, as it's no longer respected.  Maybe SPLASH isn't used at all, and I don't know if THEME or LOGO_CONSOLE are used anymore either.  I just booted a Mageia 1 VM yesterday and say the logo on the console, and it stood out to me because we don't have that anymore, so I'm guessing LOGO_CONSOLE isn't used anymore either.  Maybe the /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash file isn't needed at all anymore.
Comment 4 David Walser 2014-01-23 19:05:17 CET 
Also, the URL in the package spec refers to SVN instead of git.  That should be updated if it has been migrated.
Comment 5 Nic Baxter 2015-12-24 07:43:53 CET 
Is this still valid?

CC: (none) => nic

Comment 6 David Walser 2015-12-24 17:36:43 CET 
Yes, this has never been addressed.
Comment 7 David Walser 2016-01-14 01:10:16 CET 
Created attachment 7346 [details]
OpenMandriva's make-boot-splash-raw

It would be nice if a programmer who understands this code (Anssi, Colin) could take a quick look at this bug and also compare our make-boot-splash-raw to OpenMandriva's to see if is any value in the differences between them (the other files don't have any notable differences).  Also, it'd be nice to increment the version of this package to at least 3.4.2 so theirs doesn't "appear" newer :o)
Comment 8 Samuel Verschelde 2016-10-11 22:53:22 CEST 
Assigning to all packagers collectively since bootsplash's maintainer Shlomi Fish is not very available currently.

CC: (none) => shlomif
Assignee: bugsquad => pkg-bugs
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