[CentOS] enable bootsplash

[David Hláčik]

Hi guys, yes really all i needed was to add rhgb parameter to grub.conf.
Basically i was doing minimal network install first time. Then later
installed using yum groupinstall, GNOME Desktop graphic enviroment group of
packages and also others. What i found is that GNOME Desktop graphic
environment as a dependency installed also rhgb rpm package, but it was on
me, to add rhgb to grub.conf as there was not script to do it. I believe
that it is done by anaconda installer for the first time and if the rhgb
package or graphic environment is not selected during install, then later it
is on you to add rhgb parameter (and also quiet optional) to grub.conf

Thanks!

D.

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Ross S. W. Walker <rwalker at medallion.com>
wrote:

> John wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 15:23 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> > > David Hlácik wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi, how do i enable boot splash (graphical boot) in CentOs5.1 ?
> > > > I am in init 5, i have updated from minimal install to GNOME
> > > > using yum groupinstall.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance!
> > >
> > > # yum install rhgb
> > >
> > > Make sure you have 'rhgb' as a kernel parameter for each kernel
> > > in /boot/grub/menu.lst that you want to have a graphical boot
> > > for.
> > >
> > > If you want graphical boot you probably qant to use the 'quiet'
> > > kernel parameter too.
> > >
> > > I've never seen much need for the kernel messages at boot
> > > anyways, they scroll by so fast the only way your going to see
> > > them is on a serial console with scroll back buffer. There is
> > > always 'dmesg' to see these after start up.
> > >
> > >
> > > -Ross
> >
> > Maybe I am not understanding his question? I am under the impression
> > when you group install the gui and change the boot init level to 5 it
> > will boot in graphical? Has worked for me on sever console
> > only servers.
>
> Aye, but you will not get the graphical start-up screen unless
> 'rhgb' (Redhat Graphical Boot) is installed. Since the OP had
> stated he is in runlevel 5 I assume he is getting the graphic
> login (gdm or whatever), but had to deal with seeing it start
> up in text mode. Also since he updated from minimal install
> he probably didn't have the luxury of having anaconda
> pre-select rhgb for him.
>
> Also, for the OP, I think you need to install the bitmap fonts
> for the 'rhgb' to work properly. Don't know why upstream didn't
> make a dependency of them for 'rhgb', oh well.
>
> -Ross
>
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