Error message in boot.msg

[afaiq]

I have just built a new kernel that includes bootsplash patch. The kernel build has gone okay but I am not getting any bootsplash. Trying to trace back I see the following as the first line in /var/log/boot.msg

Cannot find map file.
No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.

Cannot build symbol table - disabling symbol lookups
klogd 1.4.1, log source = ksyslog started.
<4>Linux version 2.6.11-2.6.11.7-splash (root@linux) (gcc version 3.3.4 (pre 3.3.5 20040809)) #1 Fri Apr 22 22:38:59 EDT 2005

The kernel boots ok and the system comes up normally (without bootsplash!). The old SUSE pre built kernel does have this error message.

[Icarus]

What was the old kernel you were running? Bootsplash has been obsoleted and replaced with fbsplash since the 2.6.8 kernel and as far as I know there are no further bootsplash patches since then...

[afaiq]

Icarus - the old kernel was the SuSE stock kernel 2.6.8.xx. Bootsplash continues to live under bootsplash.de (http://www.bootsplash.de). There are new bootsplash patches. I have applied the patch for 2.6.11 which I have successfully (I think) compiled and booted up - except for this probelm of course ;-)

[Icarus]

Interesting, thanks for that link (even though fbsplash works good for me :D)

My only guess is to check your kernel config, it almost looks like bootsplash wasn't compile in the kernel or a module (I think it works better in the kernel as opposed to a module, but should work either way)