Hi Gary,

Here is a boiled down app note on altering the splash screen ( this has been confirmed on the 2.1 BSP [ 2.2. is coming soon ] ) :

In the Linux 2.1 BSP VM [1], do the following:

Open up a Linux shell prompt

[ Shell Prompt ]

$ LTIB_DIR=/home/logic/logic/Logic_BSPs/Linux_3.0/1021861_LogicPD_Linux_BSP_2.1-0

$ sudo mkdir $LTIB_DIR/work

$ WORK_DIR=$LTIB_DIR/work

$ SD_PATH=/media/BOOT

$ UBOOT_CONFIGS_DIR= /home/logic/logic/Logic_BSPs/Linux_3.0/1021861_LogicPD_Linux_BSP_2.1-0/rpm/BUILD/u-boot-2011.06/include/configs/

$ gimp

[ Gimp ]

1. In Gimp, open the splash image that you want to display at boot up
2. Select File -> Save as …
3. Save the splash screen as splash.bmp in the work directory
4. On the Save as BMP dialog, open the Advanced Options section
5. Select R5 R6 R5 under the 16bits section and select save

[ Shell Prompt ]

$ gzip $WORK_DIR/splash.bmp

$ xxd –i $WORK_DIR/splash.bmp.gz > $LTIB_DIR/rpm/BUILD/u-boot-2011.06/board/ti/logic/mySplash.h

$ gedit $LTIB_DIR/rpm/BUILD/u-boot-2011.06/board/ti/logic/logic-display.c

[ Gedit ]

1. Scroll down until you see the #includes

2. Change the line with #include “splash-332x57.h” to #include “mySplash.h”

3. Save and exit

[ Shell Prompt ]

$ cd $LTIB_DIR

$ ./ltib -p u-boot -m scbuild && ./ltib -p u-boot -m scdeploy

$ cp $LTIB_DIR/rootfs/boot/u-boot.bin $SD_PATH/

Now when you boot with the SD card you should see your splash screen

[1] http://support.logicpd.co...nux_BSP_2.1-0_VM.ova

I know this topic is a little old, but I wanted to post our solution to the same problem. First, we rebuilt u-boot (just as steven.eckhoff posted) to display our own splash screen. Then, we disabled the tux logo that the kernel brings up (in kernel config, uncheck the box at: Device Drivers->Graphics support->Bootup logo). We toyed with replacing the tux logo with our splash screen image so that the kernel would put that up instead, but the quality that the kernel can handle is very poor. Instead, we installed the Plymouth package, and set it to be the first thing to come up in the boot. If you want it, you can even have a progress bar, or other animations on top of your image.

bahejl,

Thank you for the great suggestion. When I get a chance, I would like to see how well your method works.