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I got it working!
Installed minimal ubuntu 9.04 (see sticky in linux forum)
I've installed libusplash-dev
#sudo apt-get install libusplash-dev
I downloaded: Kubuntu Air Usplash (and made custom backgrounds)
#make -j2
install
#sudo make ubuntu
edit screen resolution
#sudo nano /etc/usplash.conf
xres=1920
yres=1080
Again set usplash in bootimg
#sudo update-initramfs -u
test the splash screen
#sudo usplash -c
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I did the minimal Ubuntu install from the sticky and then tried to install the usplash themes from the repository. Everything seemed to go well, I edited my /etc/usplash.conf to the following:
xres=1280
yres=720
For my HDTV. When I rebooted the correct splash screen was there, but I have a big black rectangle, almost like there's a window that's supposed to be there, in the middle of the display. Anybody have any ideas on what it might be?
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Hi, and thanks for some good looking bootscreens!
I just have a little request/feedback:
Is it possible to make a Plugin or Script to change the default bootscreens from inside XBMC?
Think it would be a great addition!
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2009-08-03, 10:06
(This post was last modified: 2009-08-03, 10:10 by Evanrich.)
duduke i must be retarded, but i cant find the code or any downloads on your blog at all...just youtube videos and screenshots....did you take down the links? I like the "New Blue" project from december 2008. but can't find a single link to download anything.
Edit nevermind, i just saw the may 2009 posting about someone saying "were still waiting" so i assume its not complete. I had to go all the way back to early december to find the other builds.
Any idea when the "New Blue" will be done? I really like that one.
Board: Zotac ION-A-U Case: M350 Mini ITX Memory: 4GB Patriot PC6400
OS: XBMC on OpenELEC.tv build 6936 on a
Corsair 32GB SSD Media Storage: W2K8 running on 14TB RAID 5 on an Asrock board w/ AMD Athlon X2 250 and PERC 6/I controller w/ 8 Samsung HD204UI Green drives
Time to interface from power switch: 22.4 seconds.
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Duduke
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I've posted the new code that fixes some issues with the pulsating logo to the Trac.
you can d/l the code from there.
I'm going to post all of the code to my blog soon.
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How does the resolution thing work? I'd like to use "spinner black" but no matter what resolution i try, splash screen is always stretched horizontally. I've tried resolutions with both aspect ratios (16:9, 4:3) and the end result is always the same.. Actually it looks like it doesn't change the resolution at all. I've ran "sudo update-initramfs -u" everytime after modifying usplash.conf.
My setup is Jaunty (Asrock Ion 330) -> HDMI -> 1080p projector. Is the projector messing something up? Should i leave grub entries untouched (no vga=xxx switch and stuff)?
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When booting with the XBMC usplash theme, there is a brief switch to console before starting X with xbmc. Would like to get rid of it for a seamless boot.
Anyway to get rid of this?
I could have a bad memory, but I recall when running with a VGA monitor at 1024x768 it didn`t see this, but with HDMI/DVI it does at 1280x720.
Running a Nvidia 9400 mobo with Ubuntu Jaunty, recent Nvidia drivers and using the xbmc packages from SVN that include the scripts to start xbmc and X. I do not start X (or window manager), I let the xbmc script do it.
Any suggestions?
Anyone else have a seamless boot working? (aside from BIOS and initial grub messages).
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hi..
I tried to enter the /usr/lib/usplash
but i didn't found the folder on XBMCLive.
I entered on the XBMC safemode, and try to cd the folder..
but the 'usplash' folder don't exist.
what i'm doing wrong?
this folder should exist on XBMC or on ubuntu??
my XBMC version is xbmc-10.1-live.
the usplash work with it? or just on older version?
thanks.