Splashy for Edgy is a software that uses libdirectfb to paint graphic images directly onto framebuffers. This technology allows for high-resolution images and fast rendering speeds, making it well-suited for graphic design and multimedia projects.
In terms of VGA settings, Splashy offers 4 options for screen resolutions: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024. It also provides various color options ranging from 256 colors to 16M colors. For instance, to achieve 1024x768 at 16-bit, you can pass an argument to the kernel such as "vga=791", which can also be represented in base16 form as "vga=0x317".
To edit your boot-loader, you need to perform specific actions depending on your system configuration. For instance, for Grub in Debian, you can look for "#kopt" and append "vga=0x317" to that line. Then run "update-grub". Other distros require editing the kernel root= line appropriately. Moreover, some base requirements to run Splashy include libc6, libdirectfb-0.9-24, libglib2.0-0, zlib1g, and lsb-base or lsb.
In the latest release of Splashy, we edited the previous changelog entry of 0.1.5 to fix the bug that was incorrectly closed. The right bug number is #314162. Furthermore, we made various changes to the debian/control.in file, such as replacing all dependencies for ${shlibs:Depends} since it's auto-generated, adding build-dependency of libglib2.0-dev, including splashy-themes package, and more. The splashy-themes package doesn't include any binaries and is purely for suggestory purposes.
Version 1.5: N/A