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FromVernon Mauery <>
SubjectRe: bootsplash integration
DateSat, 12 Aug 2006 07:27:58 -0700
On Friday 11 August 2006 10:35, Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Gwe, 2006-08-11 am 19:07 +0200, ysgrifennodd Eric Piel:
> > I just wonder if one can also put background pictures on the TTY only
> > from user-space...
>
> Currently only easily via X11 because the knowledge of the overlay and
> YUV/RGB scaler engines is in X not in the kernel.

mplayer knows how to play to a framebuffer on the console without X.  So this 
is possible.  I have played a movie on my framebuffer before.  If mplayer can 
do it, splashy should be able to do it as well.  Use a native framebuffer if 
your card supports that or VESA if it doesn't.  This is definitely something 
that belongs in userspace, not in the kernel.

--Vernon

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