Getting error during bootup: /etc/init.d/functions

08-19-2005	#1 (permalink)
drtvasudevan Linux Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South India, 79 E 11 N Posts: 109	Getting error during bootup: /etc/init.d/functions While booting Yoper 2 up I repeatedly get an error messages (many times during a single bootup) saying: /etc/init.d/function: error in line 11 /proc/splash no such file or directory I include the /etc/init.d/function file: Code: #!/bin/bash # Make sure umask is sane umask 022 # First set up a default search path. source /etc/profile rc_splash() { echo "show $progress" > /proc/splash progress=$(( $progress + 15000 )) } Please advise. Thanks. __________________ Be happy. Life is too short to be unhappy!

08-19-2005	#2 (permalink)
dylunio Linux Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cymru Posts: 4,157	Doing a google search I found that you might need to compile options into the kernel for the bootsplash to work. Since the kerner has to create /proc/splash so that it can show a progressing bar etc. __________________ Registered Linux User #371543! Get force-get May The Source Be With You /dev/null /dev/null2

08-20-2005

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drtvasudevan

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Originally Posted by dylunio

Doing a google search I found that you might need to compile options into the kernel for the bootsplash to work. Since the kerner has to create /proc/splash so that it can show a progressing bar etc.

Thanks for replying. So what exactly do I have to do now? (I'm a relative newbie...)

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08-20-2005	#4 (permalink)
dylunio Linux Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cymru Posts: 4,157	You may want to go over to http://bootsplash.org/kernel.html and patch your kernel. __________________ Registered Linux User #371543! Get force-get May The Source Be With You /dev/null /dev/null2

08-20-2005

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drtvasudevan

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Originally Posted by dylunio

You may want to go over to http://bootsplash.org/kernel.html and patch your kernel.

Thanks.

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