Re: MX-23 Rpi Respin -- Beta testing

[Jerry3904]

on the Pi 5 still

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Raspberry Pi reference 2023-10-10
Generated using pi-gen, https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen, 962bf483c8f326405794827cce8c0313fd5880a8, stage2

[dolphin_oracle]

great thanks

[Jerry3904]

I have a proof-of-concept splash. Here's what I did:

--snooped around the RPi Forum, found som very helpful threads
--looked at what synaptic showed in a search on "splash"
--installed rpd-plym-splash
--removed the file "splash.png" file from /usr/share/plymouth/themes/pix/
--pasted Melber's image (1024x768, the recommended size) into that folder and renamed it "splash.png"
--ran this command:

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sudo plymouth-set-default-theme --rebuild-initrd pix

Notes
--Splash can be turned on/off using raspi-config > System Options > Splash Screen
--We would want to test variations of image size, colors, etc.
--Couldn't run on a user's first boot, so would need an installation flag or something
--BTW: I realize we may not want to have it, this is just an exploration not a recommendation

Video
50 secs of my test/development machine with a cheap monitor, starting from my clicking "Restart" until back at desktop. BTW: RPi has the same line of code bottom left on booting, though Ubuntu has it blocked out.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OmYw8D ... drive_link

[chrispop99]

@Jerry3904 Looks good; hope we go with it.

I don't mind seeing the code at the bottom. It makes it obvious things are happening.

Chris

[Melber]

@Jerry3904 I threw that png together quickly and have just noticed the thin white border, which was not intentional.

Let me know if you want a version without the border, or some other change.

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Here's a version using the last image from the mx boot animation

splash.png

[Jerry3904]

Beta2 is up: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-lin ... p/download

No time now, but took a quick look and it seems the first-run sequence has been nicely smoothed out and that Chromium security has been fixed.

[dolphin_oracle]

Beta2 is up: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-lin ... p/download

No time now, but took a quick look and it seems the first-run sequence has been nicely smoothed out and that Chromium security has been fixed.

fwiw I did not touch chromium

[Jerry3904]

Aha, well it's better. Wishful thinking...

[Jerry3904]

@chrispop99 Can you run a test of blanking for me on the Pi 5?

On either our b2 or the official updated RPi OS that came with the Pi 5, when I use raspi-config to enable screen blanking (for the xset default of 10 mins of inactivity) the screen indeed blanks after that amount of inactivity. But: about 20 secs later it comes on again.

I would like to eliminate the monitor factor, hence my request. I don't get the impression that the PI 4 or 400 is affected, though I have found very little about this whole topic on the RPi Forum that is useful. Nothing in the Documentation either.

TIA

[chrispop99]

@chrispop99 Can you run a test of blanking for me on the Pi 5?

On either our b2 or the official updated RPi OS that came with the Pi 5, when I use raspi-config to enable screen blanking (for the xset default of 10 mins of inactivity) the screen indeed blanks after that amount of inactivity. But: about 20 secs later it comes on again.

I would like to eliminate the monitor factor, hence my request. I don't get the impression that the PI 4 or 400 is affected, though I have found very little about this whole topic on the RPi Forum that is useful. Nothing in the Documentation either.

TIA

I tested with a Pi 5, and the Beta. Let it blank for about 10 minutes, and it resumed OK, without coming back on. Tested a couple of times for shorter off periods, waking it first with the mouse, then with the keyboard, and again it worked as it should.

Chris