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usplash package

Boot-splash not centered in frame-buffer

Bug #196468 reported by ingo
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Bug Description

Hardy, amd64 version, kernel 2.6.24-all

I have enabled VESA-framebuffer and use 1280x1024 resolution already during boot-up by adding following parameter in menu.lst:

vga=0x31a.

With this setting the Ubuntu-logo is displayed tiny in the upper left corner instead of centered. Really looks odd.
Without framebuffer the logo is enlarged from VGA to 1280x1024 and looks like 'out of focus' on my TFT.
Moreover a resolution of 640x480 is unacceptable for the virtual console on modern TFT-displays - so frambuffer support is a MUST!

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David Mills (d-mills) wrote :

Hello, and thank you for your help.

In order to narrow down the problem, could you please post your /var/log/dmesg file as well as the output of lspci -vv and lshw? Thank you

Changed in usplash:
status: New → Incomplete
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ingo (ingo-steiner) wrote :
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ingo (ingo-steiner) wrote :
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ingo (ingo-steiner) wrote :
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ingo (ingo-steiner) wrote :

Here you see it on a photo (screenshots not possible at booting)

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ktulu77 (ktulu-highwaytoacdc) wrote :

I have also this problem on Kubuntu 8.04 kernel 2.6.24-15.
I have attached the logs.

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Saivann Carignan (oxmosys) wrote :

I believe that we would need developers opinion here since usplash might not be the faulty package.

Changed in usplash:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Mario Garcia de la Torre (azathoth19) wrote :

You can solve it, changing in /etc/usplash

xres=800
yres=600

(or other valeus)

To the values you have in /boot/grub/menu.lst

In my case, i have vga=792 then:

xres=1024
yres=768

Then, we have to update initramfs

sudo update-initramfs

BR,

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ingo (ingo-steiner) wrote :

Hi Mario,

with resolutions less than 1280x1024 all was ok (i.e. at 1024x768). But meanwhile after sebveral updates, ... the problem disappeared. But actually I do not know which piece was responsible for that effect. My curren usplash.conf contains
xres=1280
yres=1024
But since some time I never ran 'update-initramfs'.

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Kjell Braden (afflux) wrote :

Closing the bug as the problem seems to have resolved.

Changed in usplash:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Saivann Carignan (oxmosys) wrote :

ingo : Is the problem also fixed for you?

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ingo (ingo-steiner) wrote :

Yes, all fine meanwhile - don't know precisely when it went away.

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Saivann Carignan (oxmosys) wrote :

Thanks for the confirmations, changing status to fix released!

Changed in usplash:
status: Invalid → Fix Released
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Marius Gedminas (mgedmin) wrote :

How is that config file generated?

If I change the vga=NNN line in grub, I have to manually edit /etc/usplash.conf and re-generate the initramfs image. Could it be automated?

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