[directfb-users] Re: Initial image

[Andreas Kotes <count@directfb.org>]

Heya,

* Jan Ekholm <chakie@infa.abo.fi> [20040428 08:46]:
> Is it possible to set some kind of "initial image" that would be set after
> the framebuffer has been initialized? I always just see garbage, quite
> often something from before the last reboot. Warm reboots don't seem to
> clear the framebuffer, and I'd like to have something else there, such as
> a DirectFB logo or similar.
> 
> I can of course do it using a custom app or DFBSee, but they have to be
> left running, as soon as I kill them the image becomes garbage that
> slightly resembles what the original image was. What I'm looking for is
> thus an app or "thing" that sets an image to the framebuffer and then
> exits, leaving the framebuffer free for the main application that will be
> started once the system is fully up and running.
> 
> I hope my ramblings make any sense?

sure does. how about pure ignorance:

cat /dev/fb0 > your_file.raw

.. with what you want on screen .. and:

cat your_file.raw > /dev/fb0

.. to show it on boot.

   Count

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