


System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
I did not had any time for development. But now I'm developing a complete new GUI for KDE4. This GUI will be available as soon as possible and is based on a separate library. If you want a new distribution supported, just the library is to be changed. Maybe its available in summer 2008. - Mar 27 2008

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
Every distri need its own class, so you have to write a class for every distribution.
The GUI is idepentend from the distrisupport.
But I'm unable to write this classes for all distributions.
So If you want to help me, I can send you an UML of the classes, how the should look like and what they have to provide.
It is impossible for me to work alone on this.
- Nov 03 2006

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
but I told you to use
--prefix
you have forgotten one -
it should work fine.
But if you want, tell me your Distribution.
If it is SuSE 10 I can build a rpm package for you. - Jun 22 2006

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
Build with SuSE e.g.
./configure --prefix=/opt/kde3
perhaps you have to handle it in such a way - Jun 21 2006

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
Does run make correctly and is kbootsplash installed correctly?
What exactly went wrong? - May 02 2006

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
I have added the support for a lot more resolutions. They will be available in the next version (prehaps in a complete rewrtie with 0.5)
I'm working on it, but have not much time by now.
I'm sorry - Feb 22 2006

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
kbootsplash is developed and testes on SuSE 10.0 64Bit.
Which distribution do you use?
When do the segfaults appear? - Feb 17 2006

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
If I have such themes to test them I can add more resolutions.
It is impossible to let the user add their own resolution, because they can type resolutions that not exists. And If the use a theme, which does not support the resolution, this theme will not work. Therefore the user will ask me why kbootsplash don't work correctly. - Jul 23 2005

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
I have tested slackware 10.1 yesterday to find out what your crash problem might be.
And the conclusion of the test is, kbootsplash compiles well with KDE 3.4 and runs well too.
Please specifiy the problem more in detail, because on my system it works well and there is no crash anyway. - May 19 2005

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
but I don't have SuSE 9.3 and I'm not sure how the program works with SuSE 9.3
I will add support for SuSE 9.3 as soon as I have time to go on this problem. - May 09 2005

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
check the path and the libs.
Please note, if you are using gentoo you currently have manually move your initrd to the right location. - Mar 05 2005

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
There is a programmer allready helping me at this point.
Perhaps on friday the 4th of march a next alpha release will come out with experimental slackwaresupport. - Feb 28 2005

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
Fedora starts an X - Server directly after the initial bootsteps. That is the bootsplash of fedora.
Currently I don't know how to change themes there. - Feb 25 2005

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
perhaps Mandrake changed something in their initrd scripts.
But installation of new themes should work correctly.
I will check this and correct this bug as soon as possible. - Feb 23 2005

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
Linux from scratch is a little more problematic as debian an slackware.
If you want to get your distribution supported, just help me developing the support. This program is concepted for beginners.
Well I will try to support it, when I know how it work with linux from scratch.
You also have to know the problematic to figure out the initrd and the generation of the initrd on such distributions. SuSE and Mandrake have their scripts for generating the initrd and on these Distribution you have only one initrd, which is standardized and is allways the same. On LFS in theorie you can make dozens of different initrd files and every one has its own with the own unique name.
I hope, that you now see the problem some distributions have.
But you can help me if you want. - Oct 21 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
Perhaps I will release kbootsplash 0.3.5 befor kbootsplash 0.4 which will include debian support.
But I need some people for testing!
Also I need someone who can explain how to change the bootsplash under debian because I don't know debian and did not have tested it anyway. - Aug 26 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
Version 0.3 should have Fedora support, but as I was programming this feature I couldn't figure out how to change the bootsplash under Fedora.
By now I don't know how to change the bootsplash under Fedora. So I have to learn the functionality of changing the bootsplash under this system.
But I can promise that the fedora support is in work.
Please be patient. - Jun 08 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
I'am working on such an editor when the final 0.3 is released. - May 10 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
Yes, Mandrake and SuSE, both have the ability to change the starttheme. But only change and not install new one's.
The next fact is, that kbootsplash has lot's of more features than SuSE and Mandrake in their tools for changing the starttheme.
Of curse SuSE has the ability to change the resolution of the console and other tools according to this, but you have to find them in yast (e.g. Sysconfig Editor) and then look for the right settings in the used tools.
Kbootsplash has all the funcionality in one tool.
Debian support will be included, when I have found a solution to make this in a way, in which it works correctly. But by now, only SuSE and Mandrake are supported. - May 07 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
The next supported Distributions will be:
- gentoo
- fedora core
- slackware
- debian
There are still some issues with the debian support, but I'am working on it. Perhaps in some further releases I will realise the debian support completly but now, even if you get it to compile and run under your debian system, it will tell you that debian is not supported at this time and exit. - May 06 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
Version 0.2 will support Mandrake too.
Changing the bootsplash under SuSE will be found in my sourcecode. - Mar 11 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
In KDE 3.2 you can change the ksplash, but with kbootsplash you can change the splash you see, when your linux starts. The bootsplash is different of the ksplash.
For example, when SuSE starts, you see a SuSE background image with a progressbar, that is the bootsplash. Then, when KDE start's you see the ksplash, which you can change with the program included in KDE 3.2. - Mar 08 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
What kind of errors do you get? - Mar 08 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
In Version 0.2 it will be available, in about two weeks.
I use the standard pid functions to test if root or not and implement it.
Here are my plans for next version's:
0.1 - complete the main functionality
- fixing the known bugs
0.2 - Test if root or not
- Delete themes
0.3 - Theme Designer
I'am currently looking for some new ideas. - Mar 07 2004

System Software by ronnyK18 84 comments
So I programmed this one. - Mar 06 2004