Tweaking the splash screen¶

Psplash can be used to present user a loading screen while kernel boots

1. Use opkg to install psplash, or manually download the ipk from angstrom-distribution.org and install.

2. Download the psplash source.

3. Place PNG image that you want for splash screen

4. Ensure build machine has libgtk:

sudo apt-get libgtk2.0-dev

5. Run:

./make-image-header.sh /<PATH>/<IMAGE>.jpg POKY

This generates the header file with image contents.

6. Replace the file name in the file psplash.c (#include "psplash-xx-img.h")

7. Build:

./configure --host=arm-linux CC=/usr/local/angstrom/arm/bin/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gcc
make

8. Copy psplash to target