USplash XBMC BootSplash
#1
Hi All,

I've set-up a short guide on my blog to help those of you who want to install my custom USplash XBMC theme (which appears in the LiveXBMC CD) on your HTPC UBUNTU installs.

Enjoy.
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#2
Sorry guys...

My blog address is http://du-duke.blogspot.com/
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#3
sticking, and kudos to Duduke for the awesome usplash logo!
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#4
I'm using this splash logo for some time now.. really does it's job Wink

but is was wondering, isn't it possible to make a couple of splashlogo's? Because the logo XBMC uses for starting is nicer than the one you used.

I know there is a limit in color's and resolution for Usplash so maybe that is the reason you chose for this image.
HTPC + Mediaserver
E8400 - ABIT I-N73HD - 2GB DDR2 - 3.5TB - Geforce G210 - ANTEC FUSION V2 - Ubuntu 10.04 - XBMC-PVR

TV-Server
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#5
I'll give it a try...

and yes, the palette is limited to 256 indexed.
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#6
Ok, another thing i noticed is because i suffer from overscan over hdmi as many people will suffer from. The Text on the bottom of the USplash is placed too low so its not completely visable. Maybe a little bit more to the center + higher?
HTPC + Mediaserver
E8400 - ABIT I-N73HD - 2GB DDR2 - 3.5TB - Geforce G210 - ANTEC FUSION V2 - Ubuntu 10.04 - XBMC-PVR

TV-Server
Ubuntu 10.04 - Tvheadend - Smargo Reader - Oscam Card Server - 2x PCI DVB-C
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#7
I can't get it to compile, at step 3 I get lib not downloaded/depreciated.
Anyway to sort this out?
BTW using ubuntu 8.04
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#8
uhh try this.. run this instead of the cmd at step 3..
Code:
sudo apt-get install usplash libbogl0 libbogl-dev libgd2-noxpm libgd2-noxpm-dev libusplash-dev build-essential

(usplash-dev has changed name i guess, is now called libusplash-dev)
HTPC + Mediaserver
E8400 - ABIT I-N73HD - 2GB DDR2 - 3.5TB - Geforce G210 - ANTEC FUSION V2 - Ubuntu 10.04 - XBMC-PVR

TV-Server
Ubuntu 10.04 - Tvheadend - Smargo Reader - Oscam Card Server - 2x PCI DVB-C
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#9
Nope I got
Quote:make: Circular throbber_back.png <- throbber_back.png.c dependency dropped.
pngtousplash throbber_back.png > throbber_back.png.c
/bin/sh: pngtousplash: not found
make: *** [throbber_back.png.c] Error 127
rm throbber_back.png.c
How ever I got this during apt-get
Quote:Fetched 321kB in 0s (365kB/s)
dpkg: libgd2-noxpm: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
libgraphviz4 depends on libgd2-noxpm (>= 2.0.35.dfsg) | libgd2-xpm (>= 2.0.35.dfsg); however:
Package libgd2-noxpm is to be removed.
Package libgd2-xpm is not installed.
(Reading database ... 200232 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libgd2-noxpm ...
Do I have to worry here?
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#10
i got the same error during 'compile' and fixed it by running:

sudo apt-get install libusplash-dev

btw, try install libgd2-xpm.. its installed on my system.
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E8400 - ABIT I-N73HD - 2GB DDR2 - 3.5TB - Geforce G210 - ANTEC FUSION V2 - Ubuntu 10.04 - XBMC-PVR

TV-Server
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#11
Well I'm gunna give up and use the live cd.
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#12
installing libusplash-dev should give you the required pngtosplash.

However, you can just get the usplash-theme-xbmc.so from the livecd and use it on your system.
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#13
Duduke Wrote:installing libusplash-dev should give you the required pngtosplash.

However, you can just get the usplash-theme-xbmc.so from the livecd and use it on your system.

DuDuke,
Thanks for making this excellent splash! It was the final piece in creating my MythTV replacement using XBMC. It compiled and installed nicely on my clean Kubuntu install. Man, I love XBMC! Big Grin
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#14
Kudos to you for making this happen!

very nice bootsplash!

DrE
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#15
Funny (not really), I had no problems installing the splash on my former setup. After having a ton of sound-issues, beeing a total n00b, f-ing it up, I had to do a reinstall. Sad

Cannot seem to get the splash working now. I`ll post the output/inputs:
Code:
htpc@XBMC-htpc:~$ sudo apt-get install libusplash-dev
[sudo] password for htpc:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
libusplash-dev is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
htpc@XBMC-htpc:~$ sudo apt-get install usplash libbogl0 libbogl-dev libgd2-noxpm libgd2-noxpm-dev libusplash-dev build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
usplash is already the newest version.
libusplash-dev is already the newest version.
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libusplash-dev: Depends: libgd2-xpm (>= 2.0.35.dfsg) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
htpc@XBMC-htpc:~$ sudo apt-get install libgd2-xpm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
libgd2-xpm is already the newest version.
libgd2-xpm set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
htpc@XBMC-htpc:~$ sudo apt-get install usplash libbogl0 libbogl-dev libgd2-noxpm libgd2-noxpm-dev libusplash-dev build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
usplash is already the newest version.
libusplash-dev is already the newest version.
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libusplash-dev: Depends: libgd2-xpm (>= 2.0.35.dfsg) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
htpc@XBMC-htpc:~$ cd /home/htpc/splash
htpc@XBMC-htpc:~/splash$ dir
usplash-theme-xbmc
htpc@XBMC-htpc:~/splash$ cd usplash-theme-xbmc
htpc@XBMC-htpc:~/splash/usplash-theme-xbmc$ make
make: Circular throbber_back.png <- throbber_back.png.c dependency dropped.
pngtousplash throbber_back.png > throbber_back.png.c
gcc  -g -Wall -fPIC -o throbber_back.png.c.o -c throbber_back.png.c
In file included from throbber_back.png.c:2:
/usr/include/usplash-theme.h:24:23: error: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/usplash-theme.h:25:20: error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
In file included from throbber_back.png.c:2:
/usr/include/usplash-theme.h:77: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
/usr/include/usplash-theme.h:79: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘size_t’
/usr/include/usplash-theme.h:93: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘u_int32_t’
make: *** [throbber_back.png.c.o] Error 1
rm throbber_back.png.c
htpc@XBMC-htpc:~/splash/usplash-theme-xbmc$

Any obvious things that I did wrong?

DrE
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