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From: Antonio Macchi on 27 Jun 2008 09:44 hi how can I have a colored boot like knopppix? thanks
From: Dan C on 27 Jun 2008 10:16 On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:44:03 +0200, Antonio Macchi wrote: > hi > how can I have a colored boot like knopppix? Why don't you look at the Knoppix startup scripts, and find out? Free clue: "escape codes" -- "Bother!" said Pooh, as he dropped another white rhino.
From: Antonio Macchi on 27 Jun 2008 11:42 Dan C wrote: > On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:44:03 +0200, Antonio Macchi wrote: > >> hi >> how can I have a colored boot like knopppix? > > Why don't you look at the Knoppix startup scripts, and find out? > > Free clue: "escape codes" > maybe it's not right. the very first messages in boot are written before any runlevel in fact, after some time and some writings, you can see: Enter run level: 2, or something like this maybe it's a patch to the kernel? noone knows something about this?
From: J.O. Aho on 27 Jun 2008 12:30 Antonio Macchi wrote: > Dan C wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:44:03 +0200, Antonio Macchi wrote: >> >>> hi >>> how can I have a colored boot like knopppix? No fan of ubuntus... so no clue what you mean with this... >> Why don't you look at the Knoppix startup scripts, and find out? >> >> Free clue: "escape codes" >> > > maybe it's not right. > the very first messages in boot are written before any runlevel 1. If we are talking about plain text (as this post is written with), then it's just simple scape codes put into the start script, keep in mind that it's the same script that will take care of the selection of runlevel and starting services. 2. If you mean the grub, it can use images and escape codes for colors. 3. if you mean the image and progress bar during boot up, then it's a bootspalsh theme used, it require some kernel options enables (it's so done in most distros today) and the bootspalsh application and the theme. This require also that you create a initrd for the kernel, if you don't already have one. > in fact, after some time and some writings, you can see: > > Enter run level: 2, or something like this For texts it's just simple escape codes -- //Aho
From: Antonio Macchi on 27 Jun 2008 12:47
> 3. if you mean the image and progress bar during boot up, then it's a > bootspalsh theme used, it require some kernel options enables (it's so > done in most distros today) and the bootspalsh application and the > theme. This require also that you create a initrd for the kernel, if you > don't already have one. YES! the green progress bar, and the colored text... i'll look in the menuconfig better thanks. |