[wstewart]

In the usplash xbmc boot screen, blue spinner version, I have a large black box. I've updated to version 1.1 of the packages from PPA and have the same problem.

I've see that this is a known problem here http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=37336&page=7, suggesting to re-compile.

I've been waiting for the PPA's to be updated, but just wanted to check if everyone has the same problem or its a problem with my setup.

[sgeoxd]

Check out this post a few hours after yours where the splash author says:

I have updated all of my USplash themes to fix a long standing issue regarding the display of boot messages (such as fsck).

So the issue may be fixed. I am currently installing it but not in a location to view the results yet.

Duduke has instructions on his post. I must be using a different version of Ubuntu (Jaunty). So in order to install the themes I needed a few packages, some of which are different:

Code:

sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential libusplash-dev

For anyone without a Google Code account the new splash themes are available via a public SVN:

Code:

svn checkout http://usplash-theme-xbmc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ usplash-theme-xbmc-read-only

Nail down into whichever directory for the splash screen you want and run make:

Code:

make

Edit the splash resolution with this:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/usplash.conf

Add the following (1280x720 for 720P and 1920x1080 for 1080P):

Code:

xres=1280
yres=720

Install the new splash (be sure to change <path to yourimage-splash.so> to the actual path):

Code:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/lib/usplash/usplash-artwork.so usplash-artwork.so <path to yourimage-splash.so> 55

Change the current splash and update the boot image:

Code:

sudo update-alternatives --config usplash-artwork.so
sudo update-initramfs -u

[Duduke]

The problems with invisible text are fixed. I have only managed to test them on Karmic.
So, if you have any problems with other version of Ubuntu, please let me know.

[wstewart]

that seems to have done the trick thanks for both of you.