Where is my plymouth?

HBeaumont · #1 25th May 2009, 10:50 AM

I got nouveau drivers working, but I still don't see pretty boot screen. Do I need to edit boot options or something? Wasn't it supposed to work by default with nouveau

#2nd edit:

Code:

plymouth-set-default-theme solar --rebuild-initrd

and boot with option vga=792 or vga=791 (791 looks better on LCD that needs dithering, in other words: 24bit+no dithering= uglier than 16 bit image)

#2 25th May 2009, 10:54 AM

no it wasnt supposed to work by default but i think you can enable KMS to get it working.. search the forum for it. i think there is a thread in f11 alpha sub-forum about it

hiberphoptik · #3 25th May 2009, 04:30 PM

I only get plymouth if i run PAE on my netbook... in fact wireless wont even work with a non PAE kernel... have you tried booting with PAE?

RahulSundaram · #4 26th May 2009, 03:55 AM

Hi,

Plymouth graphics requires what is called as kernel mode setting. It is only enabled for ATI and Intel systems in Fedora 11. KMS support is not very mature for Nouveau driver used by default for Nvidia systems in Fedora 11. You can however enable it manually

Boot with nouveau.modeset=1

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Featu...eauModesetting

Kingsley · #5 26th May 2009, 04:25 AM

I think the new command for enabling Plymouth is

Code:

plymouth-set-default-theme solar --rebuild-initrd

HBeaumont · #6 26th May 2009, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RahulSundaram

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Boot with nouveau.modeset=1
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Featu...eauModesetting

dmesg | grep modeset

Quote:

Kernel command line: ro root=UUID=ee21be32-e599-4153-96b6-d2ef50343564 rhgb quiet nouveau.modeset=1
Unknown boot option `nouveau.modeset=1': ignoring
nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Kernel modesetting requested but not supported on this chipset.

RahulSundaram · #7 26th May 2009, 01:17 PM

Hi

So it is not supported. You can wait till the driver supports it which would happen in an update. Otherwise, you can use framebuffer mode. Boot with vga=ask and pick a mode.

HBeaumont · #8 26th May 2009, 01:20 PM

What's the difference? Does kernel mode setting allow using native 16:10 resolutions, e.g. 1280x800 or is animation somehow smoother?

RahulSundaram · #9 26th May 2009, 01:40 PM

Hi

KMS is smoother yes, you can watch some plymouth videos in youtube to see the effect.

HBeaumont · #10 26th May 2009, 01:44 PM

What about widescreen resolutions, like 1280x720 and stuff like flatpanel dithering on TFT screens?

RahulSundaram · #11 26th May 2009, 01:54 PM

Hi,

Read up

http://keithp.com/blogs/kernel-mode-drivers/

HBeaumont · #12 26th May 2009, 02:05 PM

very technical talk

nothing said about flatpanel dithering though, but probably it's safe to assume that this won't go unnoticed

phoenixpb · #13 26th May 2009, 05:32 PM

what's about nvidia ?
i mean akmod-nvidia ?
is it better ?

RahulSundaram · #14 26th May 2009, 05:40 PM

Hi

Not in this instance. Only Nvidia can change their proprietary driver.