usplash: splash boot dosen't work on amd64

[Henk Koster]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:03:45 +0200, vincent matrion wrote:

> Package: usplash
> Version: 0.4-29
> Severity: normal
> 
> On boot with the i386 edgy install cd the splash boot work fully.
> I have a problem with amd64 edgy cd and my installed distrib.
> 
> My motherboard is: Asus m2n deluxe
> cpu is: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
> graphic card is: Asus nvidia 7900
> 
> grub conf:
> title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
> root            (hd1,0)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro quiet
> vga=794 splash noapic
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
> quiet
> savedefault
> boot
> 
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
>   APT prefers edgy-updates
>   APT policy: (500, 'edgy-updates'), (500, 'edgy-security'), (500,
> 'edgy-proposed'), (500, 'edgy-backports'), (500, 'edgy')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-10-generic
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
> 
> Versions of packages usplash depends on:
> ii  initramfs-tools            0.69ubuntu14  tools for generating an
> initramfs
> ii  libc6                      2.4-1ubuntu10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> 
> usplash recommends no packages.
> 
> -- no debconf information

There's a lot of stuff in Edgy that doesn't yet work, like usplash on a
64-bit system -- check the bug reports or the Edgy development forum.