2008/10/28 Todd Denniston <Todd.Denniston(a)ssa.crane.navy.mil>
Ray Strode wrote, On 10/24/2008 10:33 AM:
> Hi,
>
>> Hi, I have several laptops all with different Intel graphic cards
>> (915, 945 ...) and I would like to test plymouth if it is possible.
>> Now when I boot rawhide (Fedora 10) I don't get grub but only a black
>> screen and after that I see black screen with white-blue progress bar
>> (not impressed).
>> Do I need even newer intel drivers than ones in Rawhide?
>>
>> Is there a way to use latest intel drivers (if needed) or to somehow
>> enable plymouth and to see how it should work?
>>
>>
> Unfortunately, the latest intel drivers don't do modesetting by default.
>
> It's actually hard to enable modesetting for testing purposes too, because
> we don't write the pciids the card supports into the driver (for mkinitrd to
> find it).
>
> Dave Airlie is going to fix that at some point, but right now intel users
> are stuck with a text splash.
>
> To get to grub, hold down any key during boot up (say shift or ctrl).
>
> --Ray
>
>
Has anyone working on the changes considered a configuration item for
grub|plymouth which would allow the admin to basically set 'HideGrub=NO' if
they wanted it to always show up?
comment out
hiddenmenu
line.
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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter
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