Ubuntu
usplash package

/etc/usplash.conf should tell user to run update-initramfs

Bug #206064 reported by Forest Bond
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
usplash (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
Martin Pitt

Bug Description

Binary package hint: usplash

Its not obvious to users lacking a thorough understanding of usplash that they need to run update-initramfs after changing /etc/usplash.conf. Maybe a comment can be added to that file that instructs users on what to do.

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lp:ubuntu/lucid/usplash
Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)
Changed in usplash:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Saivann Carignan (oxmosys) wrote :
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Saivann Carignan (oxmosys) wrote :

I built and tested my patch, it works correctly.

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Martin: can you take a look at it?

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in usplash:
assignee: nobody → pitti
status: New → In Progress
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Saivann Carignan (oxmosys) wrote :

I updated the patch for the 0.5.18 release and created a bazaar branch linked to this bug report, ready to merge.

https://code.launchpad.net/~saivann/usplash/initramfs_instructions

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in usplash:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package usplash - 0.5.19

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usplash (0.5.19) hardy; urgency=low

  * debian/usplash.postinst: Add instructions about update-initramfs in
    usplash configuration file /etc/usplash.conf (LP: #206064).

 -- Saivann Carignan <email address hidden> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:43:39 -0400

Changed in usplash:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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