[SOLVED] fbsplash working but have a created future problems?

Question

I'm new to arch but have managed to successfully install fbcondecor and fbsplash and manipulate them to at least a reasonable degree to get the desired effect.  However my tech-speak is poor so please bear with me. 
The problem is that my splash screen seems to look fine, initially.  Then, however, when Vesa hands off to inteldrm the graphics get distorted. I believe it is whenever the screen resolution change occurs during the boot (which is why i believe it occurs during the handoff).  I have listed my grub configuration files as well as my daemons and Hooks below in hopes one of you guys may recognize an error.  I have read and attempted to resolve the issue but it is clear I cannot solve it without some assistance from someone with a deeper knowledge.
This is what my screen looks like https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=136819 so I'm guessing it relates to the KMS but I configured the file in accordance with the wiki so...
Edit:  Another possibly pertinent note is that the splash works perfectly on shutdown.
/etc/default/grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch Linux"
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768x32
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo console=tty1 splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:arch-elegant'
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=splash
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=3
Hooks   
HOOKS="base udev uswsusp fbsplash autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems usbinput uresume fsck"
Daemons 
DAEMONS=(hwclock dbus !network fbcondecor sshd @netfs @crond acpid @networkmanager laptop-mode !net-profiles syslog-ng !net-auto-wireless @cupsd)
What should I be looking for to solve this problem?  What occurs that changes the screen from the basic resolution it starts with to the enhanced resolution in the next portion of boot?  Should I post dmesg output?
Last edited by jallenusn (2012-06-19 20:41:53)

Answer 1

The question here is, why does it get loaded in the first place, usually it's loaded by the vga= statement. I'm guessing the monstrosity that is grub2 has something to do with it, remove all the GFX stuff from it's config.
Thanks for your input.  You are correct in your assumption about my screen resolution being 1366x768.  I am having trouble understanding what you mean by "remove all the GFX stuff".  Do you mean for me to change my /etc/default/grub file and leave blank all of the categories that include "GFX" and then mkconfig?  Or are you proposing that I manually modify something in the grub.cfg to disable the graphics mode in grub2? 
One other quick note.  It seems that before Vesa hands off to inteldrm the splash looks as intended.  It is after this hand off takes place that the splash becomes distorted (4 different occurences of the splash across the screen, all of them appearing shredded and smeared across the screen).
Edit:  Another possibly pertinent note is that the splash works perfectly on shutdown.
Also, for further reference I have posted both my /etc/default/grub & /boot/grub/grub.cfg below. 
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch Linux"
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_GFXMODE=1366x768x32
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo console=tty1 splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:arch-elegant'
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=splash
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=3
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="${saved_entry}"
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod btrfs
set root='hd0,msdos3'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770
fi
font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi
if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=1366x768x32
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
fi
insmod gfxmenu
loadfont ($root)/grub/themes/starfield/dejavu.pf2
insmod png
set theme=($root)/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt
export theme
if sleep --verbose --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Arch Linux GNU/Linux, with Linux fbcondecor kernel' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-fbcondecor kernel-true-719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
fi
echo 'Loading Linux fbcondecor kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux-fbcondecor root=UUID=719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770 ro splash quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo console=tty1 splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:arch-elegant
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux-fbcondecor.img
menuentry 'Arch Linux GNU/Linux, with Linux fbcondecor kernel (Fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-fbcondecor kernel-fallback-719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
fi
echo 'Loading Linux fbcondecor kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux-fbcondecor root=UUID=719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770 ro splash quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo console=tty1 splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:arch-elegant
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux-fbcondecor-fallback.img
menuentry 'Arch Linux GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo kernel-true-719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770 ro splash quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo console=tty1 splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:arch-elegant
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
menuentry 'Arch Linux GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel (Fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo kernel-fallback-719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 54d38b5e-db10-4162-bfcd-1226ada0d561
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=719a75c8-81fa-4f8d-b06a-b2ab3ba18770 ro splash quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo console=tty1 splash=silent,fadein,fadeout,theme:arch-elegant
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux-fallback.img
if [ "x$default" = 'Arch Linux GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel' ]; then default='Advanced options for Arch Linux GNU/Linux>Arch Linux GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel'; fi;
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
Last edited by jallenusn (2012-06-17 17:57:32)