Compiling XSplash

[penguinhead]

I am trying to compile XSplash from source. The make process stops at this point:

xsplash.o: In function `composited_changed':
/root/xsplash-0.8.5/src/xsplash.c:471: undefined reference to `GTK_WIDGET_REALIZED'

Any clues?

 

[wblock@]

Do you have GTK installed?

But this project uses the Linux framebuffer, and is not likely to work on FreeBSD without a fair amount of effort.

 

[penguinhead]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSplash

Usplash uses Linux framebuffer. And no, I don't have GTK installed! Will install it.

 

[wblock@]

Okay, point being that FreeBSD boot process and rc.d scripts are very, very different from Linux.

 

[penguinhead]

What do you recommend as a bootsplash manager for FreeBSD then? I am not satisfied with the default kernel bootsplash capabilities. The limit is 1024*768 and 256 colors even when using VESA.

 

[SirDice]

There isn't anything else at the moment. Maybe the new syscons replacement, aptly named newcons, will have improved features with regards to splash-screens.

http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2013-04-2013-06.html#Newcons-Reboot