Bug 678523

Created attachment 418602 [details]
bootsplash config file for 1920x1080

@ Bjørn, jdd Could you please try the config file above?

For instructions, please see
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615778#c9

Thanks!

please, I don't know what to expect :-(
I noticed that for 11.4 the bootsplash jpeg a completely black (on 11.3 they are only dimmed), so making a new image have little meaning :-) - but I did anyway.

But what does this change? At what moment in the boot process?
* before the grub menu?
* for the grub menu itself?
* after launching the installed system? (there is a definition change soon after that)
I have so many installs, I don't remember what did what :-)

The config file is a ok for me :)

However I have to play around with the conversion of the image. 
When converting from 3200x1200 I ended up with a image thats "wrong" ( i'll attch it)

BUT the important part is that the cfg file you have created is sane, and mkintrid had no issues with using it.

It's good - ship it ! :D

Created attachment 418640 [details]
Geeko is not round :-)

you can have a better result with showfoto, using the tool "resize with a fixed ratio" and ratio 16x9

that said I see absolutely no difference at boot time.

However, my 1920x1080 screen is not detected by linuxrc. I have to try different vga number (but it's long, need reboot each time :-)

no change, not even with vga=0x34c

(In reply to comment #3)
> please, I don't know what to expect :-(
> I noticed that for 11.4 the bootsplash jpeg a completely black (on 11.3 they
> are only dimmed), so making a new image have little meaning :-) - but I did
> anyway.
> 
> But what does this change? At what moment in the boot process?
> * before the grub menu?
> * for the grub menu itself?
> * after launching the installed system? (there is a definition change soon
> after that)
> I have so many installs, I don't remember what did what :-)


Right after GRUB.

What is relevant here is if Geeko and the progress bar are in the middle/look good. I will provide the background images (bootsplash & silent) later on.

well... it don't seems to work reliably.
I tried 11.3 and 11.4
If I try to use some other jpg file, mkinitrd says "not a 221111 aka 411 jpg". 
If I copy an other of the jpeg (for example 1024x600) to 1920x1080 name, it locks hard the computer! (at boot displays some sort of image, only part of the screen and stops), hard reboot necessary.
If I remove the jpg and keep the config file, mkinitrd sees this and don't complain too much, it boots, but if I try to go to a plain terminal (Control Alt F1), I have a dumb one, with no use.

may be i forgot something?
I will try again

just made an other try (on 11.3, to be faster).
* I cp 1920x1200 jpegs to 192x1080 file name
* mkinitrd do not protest
* 11.3 boots pretty well with images (it's easier to see on 11.3, because there is a dimmed image in place of black one)
* *the Control Alt F1 t-erminal don't work* - I can go but have no usable screen (do not see the cursor, may be out of screen)

so looks like we have to use the very right jpeg, but what jpeg?

(In reply to comment #11)
> just made an other try (on 11.3, to be faster).
> * I cp 1920x1200 jpegs to 192x1080 file name
> * mkinitrd do not protest
> * 11.3 boots pretty well with images (it's easier to see on 11.3, because there
> is a dimmed image in place of black one)
> * *the Control Alt F1 t-erminal don't work* - I can go but have no usable
> screen (do not see the cursor, may be out of screen)
> 
> so looks like we have to use the very right jpeg, but what jpeg?

Please follow the instructions, otherwise you may get different results/run into other issues.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=615778#c9

well... I'm confused, but you don't have to worry, your work is good.
Last time I tried to follow the instructions, but couldn't because I had a convert error (don't remember which). probably a typo somewhere.

now it works like a charm.
And your config file is ok. No mkinitrd problem, no boot or otherwise problem (and the expected non circular gecko)

There's a bootsplash update in http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4-test/
Please test it. 
I have tested the changes myself and it fixed the artifacts I got around Geeko on a monitor with a 1920x1080 screen resolution.

The bootsplash update fixes this issue.