boot splash screen

[NoOp]

On 07/10/2007 08:28 AM, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 July 2007, Luca Ferrari wrote:
>> I've removed both quiet and splash, but I don't see any errors.
>> I've looked also at dmesg (that I can post) but I don't find
>> anything (maybe I'm not able to see it). Any other thing that I can
>> do or search for?
> 
> try replacing the  'quiet splash'  with   vga=normal
> 
> It sounds like your resolution is off at boot time, thus no screen
> 
> If that gives you something, then put back the quiet splash but leave
> the vga=normal
> 

I had the exact same problem on one of my machines & vga=normal didn't
work. I ended up using:

sudo hwinfo --framebuffer | grep 'Mode '

[note you need to have hwinfo installed for this - sudo apt-get install
hwinfo]

which gives a list of settings for my video card:
$ sudo hwinfo --framebuffer | grep 'Mode '
  Mode 0x0300: 640x400 (+640), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0301: 640x480 (+640), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0310: 640x480 (+1280), 15 bits
  Mode 0x0311: 640x480 (+1280), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0312: 640x480 (+1920), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0303: 800x600 (+800), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0313: 800x600 (+1600), 15 bits
  Mode 0x0314: 800x600 (+1600), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0315: 800x600 (+2400), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0305: 1024x768 (+1024), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0316: 1024x768 (+2048), 15 bits
  Mode 0x0317: 1024x768 (+2048), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0318: 1024x768 (+3072), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0307: 1280x1024 (+1280), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0319: 1280x1024 (+2560), 15 bits
  Mode 0x031a: 1280x1024 (+2560), 16 bits
  Mode 0x031b: 1280x1024 (+3840), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0402: 320x200 (+320), 8 bits
  Mode 0x030d: 320x200 (+640), 15 bits
  Mode 0x030e: 320x200 (+640), 16 bits
  Mode 0x030f: 320x200 (+960), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0412: 320x240 (+320), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0413: 320x240 (+640), 15 bits
  Mode 0x0414: 320x240 (+640), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0415: 320x240 (+960), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0422: 512x384 (+512), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0423: 512x384 (+1024), 15 bits
  Mode 0x0424: 512x384 (+1024), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0425: 512x384 (+1536), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0432: 400x300 (+400), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0433: 400x300 (+800), 15 bits
  Mode 0x0434: 400x300 (+800), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0435: 400x300 (+1200), 24 bits
  Mode 0x0442: 640x350 (+640), 8 bits
  Mode 0x0443: 640x350 (+1280), 15 bits
  Mode 0x0444: 640x350 (+1280), 16 bits
  Mode 0x0445: 640x350 (+1920), 24 bits

I found that using vga=0x0307 or vga=0x0319 got the splash back both on
boot and on restart/shutdown. Using 1024x768 gave odd results; the
splash was split |ntu   OUbu| using the 1280x1024 settings put it back
in the middle of the screen | OUbuntu |.

So my /boot/grub/menu.lst looks like this:

## ## End Default Options ##

title		Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-386
root		(hd1,4)
kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-386 root=/dev/mapper/Ubuntu-root ro acpi=off
noacpi vga=0x0319 splash quiet
initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.20-16-386
savedefault

Important bits (for me): vga=0x0319 splash quiet