Ubuntu PS3 Port

usplash doesn't run on boot on PS3 in intrepid

Bug #274860 reported by Dan Munckton on 2008-09-26

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Ubuntu PS3 Port	Fix Released	High	Dan Munckton	Ubuntu PS3 Port ubuntu-8.10
initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Dan Munckton
udev (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Something appears to be missing in the initramfs image on PS3 in intrepid which prevents usplash from running. Instead I see the normal console boot log.

usplash does run on shutdown however.

usplash version: 0.5.23

See original description

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/initramfs-tools

Dan Munckton (munckfish) on 2008-09-26

Changed in ubuntu-ps3-port:
assignee:	nobody → munckfish
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	New → In Progress
Changed in linux-ports:
assignee:	nobody → munckfish
status:	New → In Progress
Changed in ubuntu-ps3-port:
milestone:	none → ubuntu-8.10

Dan Munckton (munckfish) on 2008-09-28

description:	updated
Changed in linux-ports:
assignee:	munckfish → nobody
status:	In Progress → Invalid
assignee:	nobody → munckfish
status:	Invalid → In Progress

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Dan Munckton (munckfish) wrote on 2008-09-30:

Just found the following messages lurking on VT1:

bogl_init failed: opening /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
screen init failed

Then some debug output I added myself to the scripts/init-top/usplash script in the initramfs image:

usplash exit code = 3

Investigation continues ...

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Dan Munckton (munckfish) wrote on 2008-09-30:

I suspect the problem is due to this change from Debian:

http://git.debian.org/?p=kernel/initramfs-tools.git;a=commitdiff;h=0aec8b0c22b7622841c4ab7a3b492b4d2657456f;hp=e4b83628580eb117cd3759f10d4882802cad203c

Previously (in Hardy) scripts/init-top/framebuffer was creating /dev/fb0. Now udev is supposed to do this. Could it be udev isn't dealing with the PS3 framebuffer correctly?

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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote on 2008-10-01:

usplash runs before udev, that's not udev's fault ;)

Changed in udev:
status:	New → Invalid

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Dan Munckton (munckfish) wrote on 2008-10-01:

0001-scripts-init-top-framebuffer-Revert-framebuffer-L.patch Edit (730 bytes, text/plain)

Reverting the above commit to initramfs-tools brings back usplash in all its glory. Patch attached.

Changed in ubuntu-ps3-port:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in initramfs-tools:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-10-03:

This bug was fixed in the package initramfs-tools - 0.92bubuntu15

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initramfs-tools (0.92bubuntu15) intrepid; urgency=low

  [ Dan Munckton ]
  * Revert "framebuffer: Let udev create fb devices." udev isn't started at
    this point and therefore can't create framebuffer devices. This causes
    usplash not to run on PS3 (LP: #274860).

-- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:02:37 +0100