[mythtv-users] Bootsplash on PVR-350 ?

Chad masterclc at gmail.com
Sun Apr 17 10:54:21 UTC 2005


On 4/17/05, Fredrik Karlsson <dargosch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm using a PVR-350 on a gentoo box connected only to my TV. I'm
> getting tired of first having nothing on the screen, followed by a
> garbled image when X starts up on the framebuffer and then, finally,
> the mythtv frontend when everything is loaded.
> 
> Is there any way of using the framebuffer device + bootsplash on the
> TV out during boot ?
> It would have a great WOW-factor.. I found a mythtv bootsplash theme
> somewhere a while ago that I would not mind using for this.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> /Fredrik
> --
> My Gentoo + PVR-350 + IVTV + MythTV blog is on
> http://gentoomythtv.blogspot.com/

Maybe using an initrd image, you could pre-load the ivtv and necessary
modules, and that way have the card be initialized and working
pre-startup, to get to the splash.

Not sure if it'd work, but that's the path I'd start down...

Cool


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